human
Yes, said he, further.
gpt
I wish you'd stay here all the time, Major Arms, and stay engaged to Ina instead of marrying her; then all the rest of us would have enough to eat. We always have plenty when you are here.
human
What are you poking me for, Charlotte?
gpt
Don't you think it is strange we don't hear from papa?
human
Do you mean to say you have not heard from him since he went away?
gpt
Not a word,
human
I am a little uneasy about papa,
gpt
I should be if I had ever known him to fail to take care of himself,
human
It's the other folks that had better look out,
gpt
Eddy, you are talking altogether too much,
human
You are unusually silly this morning, Eddy, said Charlotte.
gpt
There is no point in such a remark as that.
human
You said Arthur had gone to Chicago?
gpt
Well, the funny part of it is, we don't exactly know whether he has or not, replied Mrs. Carroll,
human
Amy, of course he went to Chicago, Anna Carroll said, quickly.
gpt
You know there is no doubt of it. He said he might have to go there on business, and he had carried a dress-suit case in to the office, to have it ready, and he had given you the Chicago hotel address.
human
Yes, so he did, Anna, assented Mrs. Carroll.
gpt
I suppose he must have gone to Chicago.
human
You have written him there, I suppose?
gpt
Oh yes, replied Mrs. Carroll, easily,
human
I have written three times.
gpt
Did you put a return address on the corner of the envelope in case he was not there?
human
Oh no! I never do. I thought only business men did that.
gpt
Amy doesn't even date her letters,
human
I never can remember the date, said Mrs. Carroll,
gpt
And she always signs her name just Amy,
human
Yes, I do, of course,
gpt
You have not felt concerned?
human
Not in the least, she replied, calmly.
gpt
I have no doubt that he has gone to Chicago, and possibly his business has taken him farther still. I think nothing whatever of not hearing from him. Arthur, with all of his considerateness in other respects, has always been singularly remiss as to letters.
human
Yes, he has, even before we were married, agreed Mrs. Carroll.
gpt
Not hearing from Arthur was never anything to worry about.
human
And I think with Amy that Arthur Carroll is perfectly well able to take care of himself,
gpt
I understood that he was going to Chicago, from something he said to me some time ago,
human
Of course he has gone there,