human
Don’t you hate, hate, _hate_ to be poor?
gpt
Why, I don’t know, she acknowledged,
human
I guess I never thought about it.
gpt
Not thought about it? Why, how can you help it when you have to do things like this? Elaine made a scornful gesture, in the direction of the woe-begone chair.
human
Just suppose that all you had to do when you wanted something new was to go and buy it.
gpt
I’m afraid my imagination isn’t equal to that, she replied cheerily.
human
And, anyway, this sort of thing is such fun!
gpt
Fun!
human
Why, yes! To take something like this chair and fix it up so that it is useful and pretty is real fun. And so are lots of things about housework. There’s cooking, now.
gpt
I don’t know a thing about cooking.
human
Well, I love it all, but the nicest part, I think, is taking the left-overs, you know, the cold potatoes, and the ends of the steak, and fixing them up into real nice appetizing dishes.
gpt
I tried getting luncheon to-day, Elaine acknowledged.
human
I was going to make an omelette because I thought that would be easy. It burned to start with, and then instead of puffing up light, it flattened out till it was just like india-rubber. And Mamma can’t cook any better. I don’t know what we are going to do.
gpt
Why, if you’d like, she began, then hesitated, remembering her past experience. But having started the sentence there seemed no way out of finishing it.
human
I’ll be glad to show you all I know,
gpt
I’d like to learn, she replied.
human
But I’m afraid I’d be dreadfully stupid about it.
gpt
It’s Sally’s day out, she said.
human
I’m going to get supper. Wouldn’t you like a lesson this afternoon?
gpt
Are you sure it wouldn’t be a bother?