human
Here I am down from Allentown, Miss Scarlett proceeded,
gpt
I like that now! said Flossie.
human
I really like that!
gpt
Well, I don't, Miss Scarlett went on.
human
I'm not used to it. To be left alone--oh, of course Billy Cox has been trying to butt in, but what good is he? My Hercules, my Roman Antony, who won my trusting heart last summer, at a time when I had just got it back from what I had thought a final and total loss--I find him away, and when he gets back, because, forsooth, he happens to be newly engaged, he's so wrapped up in a little thing like that, that he might as well have stayed in New York. He doesn't respond when I ring up his office on the telephone; he doesn't see me on the street---or, at least, only once--he seems scared. I've a good mind to give him something to _be_ scared about!
gpt
Your condition, said the doctor,
human
I don't know what path it's verging on, was the reply,
gpt
Go to Madame What's-Her-Name down at the hotel, said Flossie.
human
She has solved almost all the mysteries we used to have--for a consideration. And she is said to have superior facilities for observing this Great Brassfield Mystery of yours.
gpt
I must! replied Miss Scarlett, looking out of the window.
human
There's Billy Cox just going into his house! What a pity for a bachelor to have such a big house all to himself--it has filled me with sighs for the past week, that thought! Oh, girls, I've an idea! Let's call him over and have him take us down to her! Central! Give me 432, please. Is that you, Billy? This is Daisy. Don't you want to do something for me?--Oh, you behave, now! We want you to take us somewhere down town, so don't take off your coat. We'll explain when you come over. Good-by!
gpt
Well, of all things! exclaimed Flossie.
human
Oh, we can't go, said the doctor,
gpt
Well, I shall be sorry not to have you go, of course, said Miss Scarlett.
human
But if you must go, how would it do for you to slip away before Billy, comes in, so as to leave him to me? I may be able to make something of Billy, if I'm allowed to have my way with him. _Must_ you go? So glad you called. Of course, we shall meet at our reception? Good-by!