human
Our quiet times will soon come to an end, says Gertrude, complainingly.
gpt
Marcia returns presently, and Laura will no doubt come back for a visit, but we are rid of her as a permanency,
human
What is Laura like? She is only a year older than I,
gpt
But ten years wiser. She has achieved the great aim of a woman's life,--a rich husband.
human
What is Marcia like?
gpt
She will fret you to death in a week, a faded flirt with the air of sixteen, who sets up for a genius. Get her married if you can. It is fortunate that there is some dispensation of fate to take people out of your way.
human
I never had a sister,
gpt
Well, you will have enough of us, is the rejoinder.
human
Though I shall try to make no trouble. A book and a sofa satisfy me.
gpt
Were you always ill? And you must have been pretty! You would be pretty now if you had some color and clearness, such as exercise would give you.
human
I was pretty to some one a long while ago,
gpt
Oh, do tell me!