human
Let's walk to the Junction, she exclaimed.
gpt
I'll go with you, and you can get a team there, and drive home.
human
But you'd miss your train.
gpt
O, no, I wouldn't. It has to come right along there behind us, and I could jump on the cow-catcher if it came; but it can't come without an engine, and there isn't one in sight, and it's only two miles to your Junction, you say. That won't be anything of a walk. Go and get your hat-box.
human
I can't walk so fast, said the bride fretfully.
gpt
My shoes hurt.
human
I'm going to wear them at the wedding and I thought that, being they was so tight, I'd best break 'em in a little first.
gpt
I see, and Alice moderated her own pace to the hobbling gait of the wedding slippers. Two miles seemed more of an undertaking now and she began to wonder if she had been rash in her suggestion.
human
I'll carry it through, she said to herself.
gpt
I know I can, and I won't back down. We'll get tired if we keep going without rests, she said aloud.
human
So let's walk ten minutes and then rest. You can tell by your watch.
gpt
Steve give me that when we was first engaged, she explained, and Alice smiled indulgently.
human
He give me my bracelet for Christmas, and all his friends give me bangles. She jingled the thing proudly as she spoke.
gpt
There's thirty-four of 'em.
human
Thirty-four friends! He must be a popular man!
gpt
O, he is, awful. And he's the handsomest! You just ought to see him.
human
The garment of praise is settling into place without a wrinkle, thought Alice.
gpt
I hope she won't take it all, for I may need a corner of it myself, to console me for this abominable bag, and the tinkle of that bracelet. I suppose she would think it was finer than the jade one Mrs. Langdon gave me. And I wonder what she would think if she knew my necklace was under my dress, so it wouldn't show in travelling. O, well, she's a nice little thing, and I hope Steve will be good to her.
human
I'm afraid you'll be all beat out helping me, said the bride remorsefully, as they paused once more for a rest.
gpt
I don't know how I'll ever thank you, anyhow.
human
O, that's all right,
gpt
O, dear, sighed the bride presently.
human
There's somebody driving this way. I wish they was going the other, and would give us a lift.