human
The child will do, said Miss Spencer to herself, when Sir John Beaumont, an old admirer of hers, had gone to fetch her some refreshment.
gpt
Wonderful how she makes all those men look so delighted with her and themselves! It reminds me of a girl who could do that. Who was it? And what happened afterwards?... Ah! Pamela, she said, speaking aloud,
human
To stay with you awhile, Miss Spencer,
gpt
And where are all the beaux, my dear? It is not as if your heart was elsewhere.
human
I'm tired, Miss Spencer. I can't keep it up like Sylvia.
gpt
Hoity-toity, _tired_! No, you can't be tired. It will be years before there is another event like this. Let me call Mr. Wandesforde over there to take you to hear this Dublin singer, Madame Squallini, or whatever the woman's name is. All the people have gone trooping off to the music-room to hear her.
human
Please don't, dear Miss Spencer, I would so much rather sit here by you. I have heard a great many fine singers already.
gpt
Why, what's come to you, Pam? You used to be as full of fun as Sylvia. Now you are like a girl whose lover has gone away--I know how such a one would feel--and has never come back to her.
human
I don't know whether your father or your sister is in the greatest demand, Miss Graydon, he said.
gpt
I heard peals of laughter as I passed the sitting-room, and, looking in, I saw your father delighting them. He's a charming fellow, upon my word. He's wasted on rusticity.
human
Indeed, Sir John, I suppose the rustics ought all to be plain and stupid,
gpt
Ah, my dear lady, murmured the old gentleman,
human
Oh, I daresay; you always had a pretty speech ready. And what about Pam here?
gpt
Miss Pamela belongs to the country, as lilies and roses do.
human
She likes to bloom in the shade, said Miss Spencer, a bit irritably.
gpt
What do you think of a girl who prefers to sit in the corner rather than hold a court as her younger sister is doing?
human
It's cruel to the young fellows, Miss Pamela--that's what it is.
gpt
It isn't as if she were an engaged girl.
human
Ah! that would be rough on the young fellows, before they had more than a chance of seeing her.