human
Jupiter! he exclaimed.
gpt
No wonder you're cold. That stage fire of yours can't warm all outdoors. I'll send for some window strips and nail you up.
human
Please don't bother, Mr. Macauley. I am going to stuff them with cotton myself, and that will do quite well. If you will be so kind as to telephone this order to the grocery for me I shall be grateful, though I hardly see how the delivery wagons can get about.
gpt
Why, you want to order in larger lots than these! he exclaimed. Then, as he looked up and saw her smiling without reply, he reddened and stammered hastily:
human
I beg your pardon; I looked without thinking. But, if you don't mind my advising you, I'd say double each of these items, at least; it's economy in the end. And--where's the meat order? Have you forgotten?
gpt
There are eggs on the grocery list, said Charlotte, a little flame of colour rising in her own cheek.
human
Granny prefers those. But you may double each item, if you wish. Probably you don't realize that I'm not ordering for a family like yours, and things spoil quickly when kept in the kitchen, as we keep ours.
gpt
Of course you know your own affairs, mumbled Macauley, in some embarrassment.
human
But, if you'd heard R.P. Burns charging me to look after you as if you belonged to me, you'd pardon my impertinence.
gpt
I appreciate your interest, Charlotte assured him, lightly.
human
But I'm really enjoying the new experience of this storm and don't mind a bit how long it lasts. Granny is warm as can be upstairs with her little stove, and as she can't hear the wind howl her spirits aren't in the least depressed. I admit I don't just love to hear the wind howl. If it would be still about it I should like to see the snow bury my whole front lawn three feet deep.
gpt
I'm glad you take it that way. Martha insists that such storms are very depressing,--principally, I believe, because they keep her from running in to see her neighbours. Well, I must be off. I'll send the youngsters over to shovel a path to your front door; I had to wallow through myself.