human
What do you think of my new acquisition?
gpt
I was greatly surprised.
human
I thought you would be, said Hilda triumphantly;
gpt
Very,
human
Haven’t you fallen in love with her, you wooden man?
gpt
Hardly, yet. I suppose I shall, though,
human
It is all the queerest thing, she said with sudden serious zest.
gpt
I was belated in every sort of way about getting down here this year, and when I was finally ready it suddenly came over me that Uncle Richard was with Aunt Love in the character of a semi-invalid, and that it would be civil in me to call on him once, as he had come to see me on his way through the city.
human
It is odd that Jack hasn’t mentioned his father’s being at Pearfield, or his not being well. To be sure, I haven’t seen Jack since last March, still he would naturally have mentioned it in the few letters I’ve had from him.
gpt
Jack doesn’t know one word about his father’s illness. Be sure you don’t mention it to him.
human
Call it fatigue. It isn’t illness, is it?
gpt
Why, Gorham Page, he had a stroke early this spring.
human
No! Why, that is too bad. Surely it is wrong to keep it from Jack,