human
Are you all over your being bitten by the snake, Lucia?
gpt
Oh, yes. I want to forget it. It didn't make me sick at all, though Mother kept me at home from school for several days. She wasn't sure what sort of a snake it was, you see, so she had everything attended to. I'm going on hikes and everything just the same, though I'll not try to pick a flower without looking. That serpent ought to have been in winter quarters and wasn't.
human
Are you going in for athletics?
gpt
Some of it. I'm going to swim, like Betty Lee, and then I ride, though I may not enter their course here. I play hockey on the ice, but I don't know about it here. You have regular class teams, don't you, and have to be elected in some way before you can be on one?
human
Yes, in a way you're chosen.
gpt
Well, I'm not an applicant for anything. Lucia smiled but tossed her head up a little proudly, and a look was exchanged between two of the sophomores. If Lucia played hockey in Switzerland, she might not be a bad person to have on the team. Perhaps she could be persuaded to
human
for it. They would get her to play on a
gpt
What is a mere hockey team to the Queen of Sheba?