human
Why! she said, in her own voice, and frowning sharply,
gpt
I told the cashier it was a present I was going to make, she chuckled to herself;
human
Her voice lapsed into incoherent murmurings, and Nannie had to speak to her twice before her eyes were intelligent again; then she took the pen and wrote, her lips faintly mumbling:
gpt
Pay to the order of--what's the date? she said, dully, her eyes almost shut.
human
Never mind; I don't have to date it. But I was thinking: Blair gave me a calendar when he was a little boy. Blair--Blair-- And as she spoke his name, she wrote it:
gpt
But just as she did so, her mind cleared, and she saw what she had written.
human
Blair Maitland? she said, and smiled and shook her head.
gpt
Oh, I've written that name too many times. Too many times. Got the habit.
human
Aren't you going to sign it, Mamma? Nannie asked, breathlessly; and her stepmother turned faintly surprised eyes upon her. Nannie, kneeling beside her, urged again:
gpt
Mamma, you want to give it to Blair! Try, do try--