human
When you appeared, Mrs. Avalons, we were just speaking of mummies. Have you seen the latest importation at the Metropolitan?
gpt
Mr. Dane! she remonstrated hastily.
human
Do you suppose I--
gpt
Certainly, Bobby assured her gravely.
human
I often spend an hour looking at them, and I always feel the better for the time passed in their society. They remind me of the futility of earthly things, and inspire me to higher aims.
gpt
You literary people have strange thoughts, she observed, addressing the room at large.
human
I have often thought I should like to write, if I only had the time.
gpt
Why don't you? Bobby inquired blandly.
human
The result would be sure to be interesting.
gpt
Are you as busy as ever, Mrs. Avalons?
human
Busier. It is such a bore to be in this perpetual rush; but I can't seem to help it. Lent didn't bring me any rest, this year; and, now that Easter is over, it seems to me that we are more gay than ever.
gpt
That is the penalty of having an early Easter, Sally suggested.
human
We had to stop for Lent in the middle of the season, and now we are finishing up the sins of which we have already repented.
gpt
Oh--yes,
human
Can you get all your arrears of penitence done up in six weeks, Sally?
gpt
Yes, if I've not seen too much of you, she returned.
human
Mrs. Avalons, when are you going to give us another recital?
gpt
Wasn't that a success? Mr. Thayer quite covered himself with glory.
human
His mantle fell over some of the rest of us, and we gained lustre from his glory.
gpt
He is certainly a great artist, and I am proud to have discovered him.
human
But I thought Mrs. Stanley discovered him. He sang for her first.