human
Clear out, will you, you fellows --to get the men out of the room. They did not know who she was, but they knew she was Somebody. She did not speak, but the powerful personality seemed to sweep in and clear the atmosphere of its sickly triviality. She stood blocking up the doorway, looking at them; they were mostly Seniors, but there was not a man among them who did not feel foolish under that large and quiet look. Then she stepped a little aside. The movement was unmistakable. They jostled one another like a flock of sheep in their effort to get away quickly. Somebody muttered,
gpt
Good afternoon--
human
Well?
gpt
I didn't expect you,
human
I inferred as much, she said dryly;
gpt
There are no lectures at this time of day, he said.
human
If you had been so kind, my dear mother, as to let me know you were coming --he spoke with that exaggerated and impertinent politeness that confesses fright;
gpt
I would have met you. Instead of that, you--you--you burst in--