human
Ah, Mrs. Burns,--accompanying your husband on this matchless morning? He is a fortunate man. You don't mind the waiting? My wife thinks there is nothing so unendurable,--she has no patience with the length of my calls.
gpt
I've not had much experience, as yet, Ellen replied, looking into the handsome, middle-aged face before her, and thinking that the smile under the close-clipped, iron-gray moustache was one which could be cynical more easily than it could be sympathetic.
human
But, so far, I find the waiting, in such weather, very endurable. I often bring a book, and then it never matters, you know.
gpt
Of course not. You are familiar with Balzac's 'Country Doctor'? There's a tribute to men like your husband, who devote their lives to the humble folk. He glanced toward the house.
human
I mustn't keep my colleague waiting, even for the pleasure of a chat with you. He's not--you'll pardon me--so good a waiter as yourself!