human
Charlotte Chase Ruston, I want you to come over to a little dinner to-night. Just a few people, and as informal as dinners on hot August evenings should be. Afterward we'll spend the time on the porch.
gpt
Thank you, Len. Whom are you going to have? I want to prepare my mind for what is likely to happen.
human
I've arranged them with special reference to Dr. Leaver, she explained.
gpt
I think it will do him good, just now, to have to exert himself a little bit. He seems well enough, but absolutely uninterested in things or people,--except the children. He spends hours with them. I'm going to put you next him, if I may.
human
Please don't. I particularly want the chance to talk with Mr. Arthur Chester about something I've found he can tell me. We never can get time for it, and this will be just the chance. Give Miss Mathewson to Dr. Leaver, and put some pretty girl on his other side.
gpt
I will, if you prefer, of course,