human
Did I understand you to say, Gorham, that Clover sent word to me that she should not return to the Hyde Park house?
gpt
Yes.
human
Do you think it was because she felt enmity, or because she feared it?
gpt
Why, it is your house, said Page.
human
It was left to you, as it turns out.
gpt
Yes, but what difference does that make?
human
She wished you to feel full liberty in coming back, said the latter.
gpt
She broke down when she spoke of it, I remember.
human
I don’t like that, asserted Jack, turning over the pages of Blackstone.
gpt
I don’t like to have Clover exiled from a comfortable place, where she would like to be. It is a dog-in-the-manger business that doesn’t suit me in the least.
human
I guess you needn’t worry about the matter, remarked Page.
gpt
Mrs. Van Tassel is in no condition to bear a Chicago winter.
human
Do you mean she is ill?
gpt
I don’t know. She looks like alabaster, or something that would be easily broken. Miss Bryant was evidently much distressed about her.