human
I needn't say that I'm glad to see you, Miss Winter, he began, with a friendly smile.
gpt
Ned has told me so much about you the past month I'd made up my mind to join the Abolitionists, and apply for a secretaryship to the Senator if I couldn't manage it any other way.
human
And you'll be content to resume a normal life after to-day?
gpt
I wonder, Miss Winter, if any of us will live a normal life after to-day?
human
You've seen the Rail-splitter, our new President?
gpt
No, I didn't wait in the Senate Chamber. I came out here to make sure of my seat beside you----
human
To hear every word of the Inaugural, of course,
gpt
Yes, of course---- he paused and the faintest suggestion of a smile flickered about the corners of his eyes.
human
Ned told me you had three good seats. I am anxious to hear what he says--but more anxious to see him when he says it. I can read his Inaugural, but I want to see the soul of the man behind its conventional phrases----
gpt
He'll use conventional phrases?