human
Oh, I say, jolly night, isn't it?
gpt
Yes, said Kate grimly,
human
It's great about your friend coming; Miss--?
gpt
Forrest.
human
She arrived this afternoon?
gpt
Yes, unexpectedly. I was never more surprised in my life than when I looked up and saw Ann standing there.
human
Oh, is that so? I thought--
gpt
Of course, she hastened to patch together her thread,
human
Oh, I see. Well, at any rate it's great that she's here. She will be with you for the summer?
gpt
Ann's plans are a little uncertain,
human
I hope she'll not find it dull. Does she care for golf?
gpt
U--m, I--Ann has never played much, I believe. You see she has lived so much in Europe--on the Continent--places where they don't play golf! And then Ann is not very strong.
human
Then this is just the place for her. Great place for loafing, you know. I hope she is fond of the water?
gpt
Why yes; in fact, Ann's fondness for the water was the first thing I ever noticed about her. I think I might even say it was the water drew us together.
human
Oh, well then, that is great. We can take the boat and do all sorts of jolly things. Now I wonder--about a horse for her. She rides?
gpt
Perhaps you had better make no plans for Ann, she suddenly advised.
human
It really would not surprise me at all if she went away to-morrow. There is a great deal of uncertainty about the whole thing. In fact, Ann has had a great deal of trouble.
gpt
I'm sorry,
human
Yes, a great deal of trouble. Last year both her father and mother died, which was a great blow to her.
gpt
Well, rather!
human
And now there are all sorts of business things to straighten out. It's really very hard for Ann.
gpt
Perhaps we can help her,
human
Perhaps we can, agreed Kate. Her eyes left him to wander across the shadows down to the river again. But she came back to him to say, and this with the oddest smile of all,
gpt
Wouldn't it be a queer sensation for us? That thing of really 'helping' some one?