human
Well, better late than never,
gpt
I am so glad! she returned, low and excitedly,
human
I was afraid you didn’t know it,—that perhaps your father hadn’t told you of our engagement.
gpt
What! You engaged, Clover? returned Jack in great astonishment, pausing in his walk.
human
Why, of course I didn’t know it. He shook her passive hand again, and started on.
gpt
I haven’t had a chance for any talk with father yet, for when I dropped in at the office, this morning, he had some old duffer with him. I only meant just now to fish for congratulations for myself, that my grind is over. I’ve been receiving a lot of them lately, you know. Excuse the egotism. Now I understand why you have seemed to have something on your mind this afternoon. I do congratulate him most heartily, whoever he is. He’s a happy man. Do I know him?