human
Oh, how glad I am to get up here! All of you are so good to me. It seems a year since I went to my stateroom and I believe it is only a day and a night. Has anything happened since I disappeared?
gpt
Nothing, answered Pierce.
human
The sun and the ship have moved but the rest of us have just stood still waiting for you to come back. By the way, this is your sunset, you remember. You forgot to advertise it, so you have not a very large audience.
gpt
Well, if Miss Brown can get up that good a show without even trying, what couldn't she accomplish if she put her mind on it? I believe I like yours better than Pierce's, said Mr. Kinsella.
human
His was so flamboyant, while yours has a certain reserve and distinction.
gpt
Please eat a little something now, Miss Brown. It will put new life in you and I feel sure you are on the mend and can trust yourself to take some nourishment. Chicken aspic and dry toast can't hurt you, and I feel sure it will do you good.
human
Why, Mr. Kinsella, you are too good to me! How did you know I was hungry? I was ashamed to say so, but I felt that a little food was all that was needed to make me perfectly well.
gpt
I have seen seasick persons before now, laughed Mr. Kinsella,
human
Mr. Kinsella, I cannot tell you how grateful I am, said Mrs. Brown.
gpt
I don't wish you to be seasick, but I do wish Molly and I could repay your kindness in some way.
human
My dear lady, I am already in your debt for permitting my scape-grace nephew and me to know you and your daughter. I have had my nose at the grindstone of business for so many years that I feared it had grown out of my power to make new friends; but I begin to see that I have not lost the knack. Perhaps my somber presence is tolerated because of my gay, jolly boy,
gpt
Oh, Mr. Kinsella, you must not think that, eagerly implored Molly.
human
I always like serious men better than boys, and besides you are not somber but full of gaiety and jokes. You are not fair to yourself if you think people like you only on account of Pierce. He is a delightful boy, but----
gpt
But what?
human
Don't press her too far, Mr. Kinsella, laughed Mrs. Brown.
gpt
She has already confessed to a penchant to seriousness and finds 'beauty in extreme old age',