human
Sophy went with me to London--she was really very kind about it all, and you would have liked her better, Laurence, if you had seen her that day. The specialist did all the usual things, then he told me to go on much as I had been doing, and to avoid any sudden shock or excitement--in fact he said almost exactly what that dear old French doctor said to me a year ago----
gpt
Then, Laurence, the next day, when Sophy thought I had got over the journey to London, Peggy smiled at him a little whimsical smile,
human
What nonsense! he exclaimed with angry decision.
gpt
What will the doctors say next, I wonder! I wish to God you would make up your mind, Peggy, once and for all, never to see a doctor again! I beg of you, if only for my sake, to promise me that you will not go again to any doctor till I give you permission to do so. You don't know what I went through five years ago when one of those charlatans declared that he would not answer for the consequences if you didn't winter South, and--and Tom would not let you go!
human
And yet nothing happened--you were none the worse for spending that winter in cold Leicestershire!
gpt
Yes, that's true, she answered submissively,
human
I will make you the promise you ask, Laurence. I daresay I have been foolish in going so often to doctors; I don't know that they have ever done me much good.