human
I forgot, by the way, to ask you when you sail, Imogene,
gpt
That depends on you, doesn’t it, Robert? I do hope you’ll get through soon.
human
Anxious to get away, are you?
gpt
You know I always am.
human
Where are you going this time?
gpt
To the Mediterranean, I suppose.
human
You are fond of the Mediterranean.
gpt
Every place else seems so savage after it.
human
Lottie says you have been talking with MacBirney.
gpt
Just a few minutes.
human
How do you like him?
gpt
He is very intelligent. He confuses me a little, though; he is so brisk.
human
Is he entertaining?
gpt
Yes. Only, he rather makes you feel as if he were selling you something, don’t you know. I suppose it’s hardly fair to judge of one from the first interview. His views are broad, smiled Imogene in retrospect.
human
Imogene looked with a droll smile into Kimberly’s stolid face.
gpt
When he said, ’a million or two,’ I thought of my wretched brother-in-law struggling along with thirty or forty that he hasn’t yet managed to get rid of!
human
You don’t think, then, he would accept a few of them?
gpt
Suppose you try him some time,
human
Travelling agrees with you, Robert,
gpt
The country agrees with you, returned Kimberly.
human
Good company, I suppose, George, is the secret.
gpt
How is the consolidation getting along?
human
There isn’t any consolidation.
gpt
Combination, then?
human
Slowly. How is the market?
gpt
Our end of it is waiting on you. When shall you have some news for us?
human
You don’t need news to make a market, returned Kimberly indifferently, as he sat down. He looked at those around the table.
gpt
What are you doing?
human
Tell your story again, Dora,
gpt
No,
human
Pshaw, tell it, urged Doane.
gpt
It’s about the Virgin Mary, Robert.
human
It’s not a bachelor’s story,
gpt
Most of your stories are bachelors’ stories, Dora,
human
Listen to that! Didn’t I tell you? she asked appealing to Doane.
gpt
Robert is getting to be a real nice man.
human
I got into trouble only the other day in telling that story,