human
Well, why shouldn't I tell you? said the lady.
gpt
He wanted something else, and I wouldn't.
human
Were you in love with somebody else?
gpt
No, but he'd brought those boys--they were just schoolboys then--to see me, and it--it seemed a shame. He knew it was a shame too, but--well, you know what happens sometimes. But, quite soon after, his wife fell ill, and died in four or five days--pneumonia. Then he was glad. But he went abroad directly--without seeing me--and was abroad many years. When he came home and retired, I met him by accident, and he asked leave to call. He's very lonely--so am I rather--and he likes a change from the club. I don't wonder! And, as you'll have gathered, we've known all the same people in the old days, and always have lots to talk about. That's the story, Winnie.
human
I like it. Do you ever see the sons?
gpt
They all come to see me when they're home on leave; but that's not often.
human
The Major's coming next week, though. The General said so. Let's see if I've got them right. There's the Major--he's the eldest--in Egypt. But the second one is cleverer, and has become a colonel first; he's in Malta now. And then the one in India has only just got his troop; he ought to have had it before, but they thought he gave too much time to polo, and horse-racing, and private theatricals.
gpt
That's Georgie--my favourite,
human
I'm for the Major--because I think it's a shame that his younger brother should be made a colonel before him. I'm glad it's the Major that's coming home on leave next month.