human
I feel as if I'd been sailing in an airship and had just got back to earth, she said to Annabel Jackson who was diligently pursuing a French lesson.
gpt
How _can_ you dig in that way, Annabel, after all the exciting times you had at home? I can't! I'd like to drop this old geometry into the Red Sea.
human
I've _got_ to dig, Annabel replied complacently.
gpt
It isn't such an easy thing to graduate from Miss North's as some people think. I've earned every inch of the little sheepskin I'll carry home next June, I can tell you--if I'm lucky enough to get it.
human
Oh, you'll get it, Annabel. You're a shark at lessons. What are you going to do next year?
gpt
I don't know yet. Mother has given me the choice between a year's travel and a college course. Father wants me to come home and renew my acquaintance with the family. I think--perhaps--I'll take his advice. This is the fourth year I've been away. A long time, isn't it?
human
Indeed it is! Will you go into society? Have a coming-out party and all that?
gpt
I hardly think so. In the South we don't come out; we grow out! I can't remember when I went to my first party; along with my dolls, I reckon.
human
I suppose that's why you are always so at ease in company. You aren't the least bit self conscious.
gpt
Flatterer!
human
No such thing. I never flatter. I admire you awfully! You know I do.
gpt
Thank you, Blue Bonnet. I believe you mean it. You're the most truthful person I know. Now! There's a compliment for you.