human
Characteristic, isn't it?
gpt
Yes, very. Something has happened to upset him. Wouldn't it be awful, Paul, she added, unconscious of any oddity in her speech,
human
Take him back, indeed!
gpt
Yes, mother would, you know, if he came to grief.
human
Not while I'm alive, she won't, he said, with the amazing firmness of the powerless.
gpt
Well, I must be off. I will send up some flowers if I can find any that are not a guinea a bloom. He hesitated and turned at the door.
human
Will you ring up Jenny and say they are coming, or shall I? They might dine instead of to-morrow----
gpt
You don't want Jenny here the first night they are back, do you?
human
Well, yes; to-morrow would be better, of course, but I have just remembered that I have an engagement to-morrow. Mother likes Jenny--she's never in anybody's way--and it will cheer Guy up to hear some music after his journey.
gpt
Happy House