human
I really live only just round the corner, she said kindly to the old woman,
gpt
Good-night,
human
Well, mother, the young man asked, putting an arm round each of his companions as he sat bodkin between them,
gpt
I did, son, she returned.
human
What a queer world it is! To think that all of us will be just a handful of churchyard mould, somewhere, in a few years' time.
gpt
And may I ask which of the guests to-night struck you as being particularly mouldy?
human
Don't try to be funny, Jenny, she answered gravely.
gpt
It really struck me that it is strange, when you come to think of it, how important we all feel, and what rubbish we all are. After a minute she added, with apparent irrelevance,
human
That Violet Walbridge of yours is a fine, brave little soul, Olly. I like her.
gpt
I knew you would. And what, the young man added,
human
She's very pretty, but--you'll be annoyed with me for saying so--but I should like her better if she were more like her mother.
gpt
Her mother's twice the woman she is, of course. But then, on the other hand, he added,
human
You wouldn't like me to marry Mrs. Walbridge, even if she was free, would you? She really _is_ a little too old for me!
gpt
Happy House