human
He didn't lie to get rid of me--and she was alive, just as he thought she might be,
gpt
I'm glad,
human
Yes, said Lulu.
gpt
He isn't quite so bad as Dwight tried to make him out.
human
Now you're free,
gpt
Oh, that ...
human
Now I'm really going, she said.
gpt
Good-bye for sure this time....
human
Don't say good-bye,
gpt
It's late, she said,
human
I--
gpt
Don't you go,
human
Do you think you could possibly stay here with me?
gpt
Oh!
human
I haven't got anything. I guess maybe you've heard something about a little something I'm supposed to inherit. Well, it's only five hundred dollars.
gpt
That little Warden house--it don't cost much--you'd be surprised. Rent, I mean. I can get it now. I went and looked at it the other day, but then I didn't think-- he caught himself on that.
human
It don't cost near as much as this store. We could furnish up the parlour with pianos--
gpt
That is, if you could ever think of such a thing as marrying me.
human
But, said Lulu.
gpt
You _know_! Why, don't the disgrace--
human
What disgrace?
gpt
Oh, she said,
human
There's only this about that, said he.
gpt
Of course, if you loved him very much, then I'd ought not to be talking this way to you. But I didn't think--
human
You didn't think what?
gpt
That you did care so very much--about him. I don't know why.
human
I wanted somebody of my own. That's the reason I done what I done. I know that now.
gpt
I figured that way,
human
Look here, he said,
gpt
I'd ought to tell you. I'm--I'm awful lonesome myself. This is no place to live. And I guess living so is one reason why I want to get married. I want some kind of a home.
human
Of course,
gpt
I ain't never lived what you might say private,
human
I've lived too private,
gpt
Then there's another thing. This was harder to tell her.
human
I--I don't believe I'm ever going to be able to do a thing with law.
gpt
I don't see, said Lulu,
human
I'm not much good in a business way, he owned, with a faint laugh.
gpt
Sometimes I think, he drew down his brows,
human
Lots of men don't.
gpt
Could you risk it with me? Cornish asked her.
human
There's nobody I've seen, he went on gently,
gpt
I thought it was Di that you--
human
Miss Di? Why, said Cornish,
gpt
he added,
human
But I'm going on thirty-four.
gpt
So am I!
human
Isn't there somebody--
gpt
Look here. Do you like me?
human
Oh, yes!
gpt
Well enough--
human
It's you I was thinking of, said Lulu.
gpt
I'd be all right.
human
Then!
gpt
And now, said Dwight,
human
Anything about Lulu?
gpt
Lulu? Dwight stared.
human
Why should I have anything to do about Lulu?
gpt
Well, but, Dwight--we've got to do something.
human
As I told you this morning, he observed,
gpt
Yes, but, Dwight, where has she gone? Where could she go? Where--
human
You are a question-box, said Dwight playfully.
gpt
A question-box.
human
I'm certainly going to miss her if she stays away very long,
gpt
You should be sufficient unto your little self,
human
That's all right, said Ina,
gpt
I want some crust coffee,
human
You'll have nothing of the sort, said Ina.
gpt
Drink your milk.
human
As I remarked, Dwight went on,
gpt
I'm in a tiny wee bit of a hurry.
human
Well, why don't you say what for?