human
Edwin do much tennis nowadays?
gpt
Edwin? She repeated the name in astonishment, as though it were the name of somebody who could not possibly be connected with tennis.
human
Not he! He’s not touched a racket all this season. He’s quite otherwise employed.
gpt
I hear he’s a fearful pot in the Five Towns, anyway, said Harry seriously.
human
Making money hand over fist.
gpt
I do believe I’m becoming a snob!
human
It’s hard work making money, even in our small way, in Bursley,
gpt
I should like to see old Edwin again.
human
I never knew you were friends.
gpt
Well, I used to see him pretty often at Lane End House, after Alicia and I were engaged. In fact once he jolly nearly beat me in a set.
human
Edwin did?
gpt
The same.... He had a way of saying things that a feller somehow thought about afterwards.
human
Oh! So you noticed that!
gpt
Does he still?
human
I--I don’t know. But he used to.
gpt
You ought to have brought him. In fact I quite thought he was coming. Anyhow, I told Alicia to invite him, too, as soon as we knew you were bringing old Jan down.
human
She did mention it, Alicia did. But, oh! He wouldn’t hear of it. Works! Works! No holiday all summer.
gpt
I’ll tell you a scheme, said Harry roguishly.
human
Refuse to rejoin the domestic hearth until he comes and fetches you.
gpt
Oh, he won’t come to fetch me.
human
Well, said Harry shortly and decisively,