human
I will help you till Hortense comes, she said.
gpt
You really must hurry, Elsie. It is not as if your father were coming alone; he will expect you to be ready to greet Marjorie.
human
As if a girl who has been living on a cattle ranch in Arizona would care whether I were dressed or not, she said.
gpt
Probably where she comes from people wear kimonos all day long, and never even heard of dressing for the evening.
human
I really wish, darling, that you would try to be a little more gracious about this. Of course it is a trial, but your father has made up his mind that Marjorie shall spend the winter with us, and it isn't going to make things any pleasanter to be constantly finding fault about them.
gpt
I wasn't finding fault, retorted Elsie, who had by this time taken off the kimono, and begun brushing out her long hair.
human
I only said Marjorie Graham wouldn't care a fig what I had on, and I don't believe she will. I don't intend to be disagreeable to her, but you know what an awful nuisance it's going to be, and how I hate it. Think of having to take her about everywhere with me, and introduce her to all my friends.
gpt
My dear, she is your own first cousin. Besides, I am sure she is a nice child--your father speaks so affectionately of her in his letters--and her mother is a lovely woman. I was very fond of her when we were girls together.
human
Oh, I dare say she is all right, Elsie admitted grudgingly,
gpt
I am very sorry, dear,