human
Rosaline and I talk of a little trip abroad together in a month's time. She smiled at him.
gpt
Will you forgive me if I take her away for three or four weeks?
human
I shall miss you both very much. I wish I could come too, but it's quite impossible.
gpt
I think she wants a change. What Mrs. Ladd wished to convey was that the necessary interval might be tiresome to Lady Rosaline, but she did not quite see how to put it delicately.
human
It's a long drag from Christmas to Easter, isn't it? Have you seen her lately?
gpt
I paid her a late call one day last week--that's all. I'm very busy.
human
Of course you are--with your practice! Have you met a Sir Axel Thrapston at Rosaline's?
gpt
Axel Thrapston? No, I don't think so. No, I'm sure not. He very seldom met anybody at Lady Rosaline's, as his visits were timed so as to avoid, as far as possible, such a contingency.
human
Who is he?
gpt
I don't know much about him myself. He comes from Northumberland, I think, and lives there generally. I believe his wife was an old friend of Rosaline's; she died about two years ago. I've met him there twice--a middle-aged man, rather bald, but quite good-looking.
human
No, I haven't met him, Mrs. Ladd.
gpt
He seems just to have made his appearance, but I think he's rather assiduous. She laughed again.
human
And two years is just about the dangerous time, isn't it?