human
If you do what I tell you.
gpt
You mean about the school?
human
No-o. We'll let that go for the present; but you've got to get out of both that er--institution--
gpt
The Y. W. C. A.?
human
Yes, your precious Y. W. C. A.
gpt
I want you to get bright, pretty rooms. You'll feel better and work better in attractive surroundings.
human
I did intend to move, anyway, I said.
gpt
Lolly and I were planning to look for rooms to-morrow.
human
I wouldn't go with her. Get a place of your own.
gpt
Well, but, you see, together we can get a better room for less money,
human
Get as nice a place as you can, child, he said, and added growlingly,
gpt
If you don't, I'll not come to see you at all.
human
All right, I said;
gpt
I'll get a nice place.
human
And now about your position--
gpt
It's not bad, I asseverated.
human
Fred's awfully good to me.
gpt
Fred?
human
Yes; he's my boss--Fred O'Brien.
gpt
You call him Fred?
human
Yes; every one does at the yards.
gpt
Humph! I think it would be an excellent plan for you to leave those yards just about as expeditiously as you can.
human
But I can't. Why, I might not be able to get another position. Just look how I tramped about for weeks before I got that.
gpt
Don't you know, if you stay in a place like that, every bit of poetry and--er--charm--and fineness in you, and every other worth-while quality that you possess, will be literally beaten out of you? Why, that is no place for a girl like you. Now you get a pretty room--several, if you wish--and then go to work and write--write your poetry and stories and anything you want.
human
But, Mr. Hamilton, I can't afford to do that.
gpt
Nonsense! he said.
human
You can afford to have anything you want. I'll give you anything--anything you want.
gpt
Well, why should you do this for me?