human
Kind o' lonesome? she said.
gpt
Come on in and dance with me.
human
No, thanks, he said curtly.
gpt
What are _you_ doing here, anyway?
human
Why! Who do you think I am?
gpt
I don't know, and I don't care. It's easy enough to see _what_ you are! You'd better go, hadn't you? suggested Archibald grimly.
human
This is a private affair. Invitation only.
gpt
You're making a mistake, young man, she replied quietly,
human
This happens to be _my_ private affair. I am Mrs. Darcy.
gpt
Miss Darcy's step-mother,
human
The joke's on me, he muttered at last.
gpt
It's I who'd better go, I guess. Pardon _me_!
human
My mistake, he said again.
gpt
If your husband wants me at any time, my name is Blair, Mrs. Darcy--Archibald Blair.
human
He won't want you, said Effie May.
gpt
Good night.
human
Land! she said to herself.
gpt
Land sakes! He's gone and done for himself now, the young idjit!
human
Dick Fizz
gpt
By the way, who's the young fellow that danced so much with you last night--a sort of broad, odd chap he was, with ears? I don't think I've seen him before.
human
Oh, Mr. Blair, Joan smiled at the description.
gpt
He danced with me so much because he didn't know any one else.
human
A stranger here? Where does he come from?
gpt
I don't know--the slums, I fancy. Ask Ellen Neal. He's a pal of hers. But he's a Louisville product, I believe.
human
Didn't you like him, dearie?
gpt
Oh, well enough. Did you?
human
Yes, said the other,
gpt
I did. He's honest, and he stands up so straight--doesn't sort of droop over a girl as if his spine was feeble, like some of 'em do. I like a chap to stand up on his own two pins.
human
But his ears, Effie May!
gpt
Oh, well, what's ears? Just means that his mother forgot to tuck 'em into his cap when he was a baby. Now if his eyes bulged out, that would be another thing. You look out for any man with a bulging eye, Joan.
human
Very well, she agreed,
gpt
I will. What's dangerous about a bulging eye?
human
Stoopidity, girlie. Just plain bone-headedness. And if there's anything in the world more dangerous than that, I don't know it!--Let's ask your eary young man again to something, shall we?
gpt
I begin to think he's _your_ eary young man!