human
At last, I said, putting down my newspaper,
gpt
Pooh,
human
Why, said I,
gpt
Because, she said,
human
Yes, I said,
gpt
There you are, she said.
human
You can't have the detective without the presents.
gpt
Very well, I said,
human
And don't you forget, she said firmly,
gpt
George Henderson? I said dreamily.
human
Do you think George Henderson _wants_ a present? Isn't he the sort which 'hopes that wedding presents will not be sent'? I've always felt he had a look in his eye which said, 'Dear old chap, I shall be married some day.--Whatever you do, don't send me a present.' Haven't you felt that about him, too?
gpt
No, she said,
human
I haven't. In fact George has always seemed to me the very man for a present. And now he's going to be married. It's the chance of a lifetime.
gpt
Well, then, I said,
human
That may be, she said,
gpt
Oh, very well, I said;
human
Dad, said Helen to Rosie,
gpt
Yes, said Rosie;
human
Cease, babblers, I said.
gpt
In earlier and less conjugal days no wedding was considered complete without my silver candlesticks. It was all so simple, too. I called at Gillingham's, wrote out a card, gave an address, and away went the present. And what's more, they all wrote back and said it was the one thing they had been longing for.
human
Oh, said the lady of the house,
gpt
And that, I said,
human
No, she said;
gpt
I told you so,