human
Where's Patty gone, Alicia? asked Letty, a thread between her teeth.
gpt
Hospital?
human
Yes, she replied in her deliberate way.
gpt
I believe her father is worse. She got a message this morning before you came, and I think it was unfavorable, to judge by her face.
human
Land! said Miss Lambkin.
gpt
I guess he's going to die. He's a pretty old man. Eighty, if he's a day, would be my guess.
human
Just eighty.
gpt
Pretty good guess, I call it. Miss Lambkin laughed.
human
I thought he must be pretty sick, or Patty wouldn't be out of the house as soon as ever breakfast was over and not turn up again until dinner-time. Then, as like as not, she'd be gone the whole afternoon. I hear he's got pneumonia.
gpt
And I hear, Letty continued,
human
I hope, said Mrs. Upjohn,
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I hope not, Miss Lambkin returned.
human
I sh'd think the ones that did it would have it on their consciences if they did. They tell me that Sally Ladue discovered the fire. She and that Doctor Sanderson have been at the Mortons' ever since and, if you can believe all you hear, neither of 'em likes it any too well. Mrs. Morton's nice to her--she can be as nice as nice to them that she likes, though you wouldn't always think it--but Everett's the trouble.