human
If I were a man, she said thoughtfully,
gpt
I should like to do something for that poor child.
human
A man, repeated Jack.
gpt
Is it man in the abstract, or any particular man who is needed?
human
Well, he must be particular because he must be ready to take some trouble, and when the trouble is taken he must have wits to use its results, otherwise he might be as abstract as you please.
gpt
Is it this wretched brother who has come to the fore again?
human
I have a theory that he is not so wretched as we take for granted. I dare say he has been foolish.
gpt
Oh, that's an epidemic we have all gone through,