human
Well, Nancy! he said gaily,
gpt
Who? said Nannie, bewildered;
human
Oh, you mean Elizabeth?
gpt
Yes; but there's a lot of gunpowder lying round loose, isn't there? She was out with David, I suppose because he didn't show up. In fact, she was so mad she was perfectly stunning. Nancy! I think I'll stick it out here for two or three days; Elizabeth is mighty good fun, and David is in town; we might renew our youth, we four; what do you say? Well! he ended, coming back to his own affairs,
human
Oh, Blair, I couldn't!
gpt
What! you haven't told her?
human
Blair dear, I did my best; but she simply never gave me a chance. Indeed, I tried, but I couldn't. She wouldn't let me open my lips in the afternoon, and at supper she read the paper every minute--Harris will tell you.
gpt
Well, I'll tell her myself. It was really to spare her that I wanted you to do it. I always rile her, somehow, poor dear mother. Nannie, this house reeks of cabbage! Does she live on it?
human
I'm so sorry, Nannie said;
gpt
Blair, _be nice!_