human
Andrew, she exclaimed,
gpt
My revolution won't have anything to do with guillotines, the girl laughed back,
human
I have known Andrew, my dear, since he was in his cradle, she said.
gpt
I have heard him spout Socialism, and I know he has written about revolutions, but, believe me, he's a good old-fashioned Whig at heart. He'll never carry the red flag. I see your wife has bought the Maharajaim of Sapong's pearls, Andrew. Do you think she'd leave them to me if I were to call on her?
human
Why not ask her? Tallente suggested.
gpt
She is over there.
human
Dear me, so she is! she exclaimed.
gpt
How smart, too! I thought when she came in she must be some one not quite respectable, she was so well-dressed. Going, Andrew? Well, come and see me before you return to the country. And I wouldn't go and have tea with that little hussy, if I were you. She'll burn the good old-fashioned principles out of you, if anything could.
human
Not later than five, please, Nora called out.
gpt
You shall have muffins, if I can get them.
human
She's got her eye on you, the old lady chuckled.
gpt
Most dangerous child in London, they all tell me. You're warned, Andrew.
human
Is my danger political or otherwise?
gpt
Otherwise, I should think, was the prompt retort.
human
You are too British to change our politics, but thank goodness infidelity is one of the cosmopolitan virtues. You were never the man to marry a plaster-cast type of wife, Andrew, for all her millions. I could have done better for you than that. What's this they are telling me about Tony Palliser?
gpt
A good many people seem to be talking about Tony Palliser,
human
You shouldn't have let your wife make such an idiot of herself with him--lunching and dining and theatring all the time. And now they say he has disappeared. Poor little man! What have you done to him, Andrew?
gpt
I can see that I shall have to take you into my confidence,
human
You needn't tell me a single word, because I shouldn't believe you if you did. Are you staying here with your wife?
gpt
No, Tallente answered.
human
I am back at my old rooms in Charges Street.
gpt
You see, I've found out all I wanted to know!
human
Any news? the latter asked, after Tallente had found it impossible to avoid shaking hands.
gpt
I am waiting for Mr. Dartrey's return. No, there is no particular news that I know of.
human
Dartrey's had to go north for a few days, Miller confided officiously.
gpt
I ought to have gone too, but some one had to stay and look after things in the House. Rather a nuisance his being called away just now.
human
Well, I must be going, he concluded.
gpt
If there is anything I can do for you during the chief's absence, look me up, Mr. Tallente. It's all the same, you know--Dartrey or me--Demos House in Parliament Street, or the House. You haven't forgotten your way there yet, I expect?
human
Mr. Tallente, she announced, with a subdued smile,