human
Uncle Neddy'll find you a decent horse somewhere, Betty was running on.
gpt
He's awfully keen about your coming, Jo. I'm afraid you're going to have him on your hands a lot, especially if you don't play golf.
human
Why? Doesn't he?
gpt
Lord, no! Too much of a duffer. Likes to do lazy things, like riding, and fooling around in a canoe, admiring nature. With widows and such!
human
Widows?
gpt
Grass or sod. It's all one to our Neddy, murmured his flippant niece.
human
Girls are not grown up enough for him, of course--Except you. He always did take notice when you were around. I remember. But then you were always more grown up than the rest of us, somehow. She gave her friend a glance full of the old shy admiration.
gpt
Do you know, you've gotten to be awfully pretty too. Perhaps it's all those grand clothes!
human
Perhaps it is,
gpt
by comparison with Betty's plain linen. Linens she owned herself, but braided, embroidered, lace-inserted out of all recognition as such. It was a physical impossibility for Effie May to select anything plain. Under her manipulation, the merest shirt-waist became what the salesladies refer to majestically as a
human
But Southern girls always do dress up a lot, don't they? said Betty, innocently continuing her line of thought.
gpt
You ought to have seen the one the Ritters had visiting them last month! All ruffles, and parasols, and chiffon veils. Couldn't swim or go for a ride or do anything on account of her complexion. All she did was to dance and sit out in corners with people. It was disgusting!
human
And didn't your uncle take notice even of _her_?
gpt
Oh, of course. She was as good as a widow, you see--she'd had so many affairs. The men simply flocked. Whenever she came on to the tennis-court she'd break up the game, and we could hardly find enough men to make up a foursome, they were all so busy hanging around. It was too queer! I never could see the attraction in rolling your eyes, and flashing your dimples, and dropping your r's like a colored servant, could you?--Not, she added hastily,
human
I should hope not,