human
I don't think you have my name. It's Mrs. Grewe. I do hope you'll come up whenever you like, and let me help you all I can. I shall so love to feel when I go that you and your kiddies will be here. I've noticed them so often, down-stairs and in the elevator. And they're both such darlings.
gpt
I'd be so glad if I could be of some help in your shopping, Ethel replied,
human
Oh, you could! I'd love to have you!
gpt
she declined almost with a start, as though she were saying,
human
Ha! Look out! I'm in danger of letting you be a real friend! And thinking this over, Ethel reflected,
gpt
The only New Yorker I've met so far, whom I'd like to know, is nice to me simply because she is going abroad in a month and so it's safe! Has she offered to introduce me to a single friend of hers? Well, then, don't! Keep your old friends! I don't want to eat them!
human
How much can I get rid of without offending Joe? asked Ethel. He was the kind of man who says nothing. He would not object, but he would feel hurt. It took the most careful probing to find how far she could safely go. And she was tempted by the shops. In her smart town car, with plenty of money and with young Mrs. Grewe at her side, it was almost impossible to resist the adorable things she discovered.
gpt
No wonder Amy bought too much.
human
Nevertheless, she told herself.
gpt
That apartment upstairs is to be my own home.