human
It is so black here, so dirty! I wouldn't like to have it touch me. It's cleaner down at Willis's, she said, thoughtfully. Blair, making fast at the landing, agreed:
gpt
Yes, if I wanted a watery grave I'd prefer the river at Willis's to this. Then he offered her a pleading hand; but she sat looking at the water.
human
How clean the ocean is, compared to a river, she said; then noticed his hand. She took it calmly enough, and stepped out of the boat. She had forgotten, he thought, her displeasure about the money; there was only the usual detachment. When he said it was too early to go to Nannie's,--
gpt
What do you say to the theater to-night?
human
You go; I would rather be alone.
gpt
I hear there's a good play in town?
human
You always want to be alone, so far as I am concerned, he said. She made no answer. After dinner he took himself off.
gpt
She doesn't want me round, so I'll clear out, he said, sullenly; he had not the heart even to go to Nannie's.
human
I'll drop into the theater, or perhaps I'll just walk,