human
It's from Dr. Parkman,
gpt
Dr. Parkman wants me to come down to one of his operations this afternoon, --she looked up at him appealingly.
human
I--I never went to anything like that,
gpt
What does he say about it?
human
Merely--merely that it will be a good cancer operation, and that I had better begin on that part of the work. He says he would be willing to do that, but he thinks it will help me to be able to make some of the observations for Dr. Hubers myself. I--well, it sometimes makes me sick to see things I don't like,
gpt
Oh, no, he assured her;
human
But he added, uneasily:
gpt
Dr. Parkman seems anxious for you to come?
human
No, not particularly anxious; he simply tells me to be there at two o'clock.
gpt
I suppose then you'd better go, he laughed.
human
You won't mind much. You may to-day, but you'll become accustomed to it very soon. And it is important. Some one else might do it, but it will help your own understanding of the subject, make your equipment that much better. It's a great thing for you to have Dr. Parkman's help. And he is so pleased with your progress. He told me the other day that he thought it absolutely phenomenal the way you were getting on.
gpt
Did he?
human
We all think so, he replied earnestly.
gpt
Even Mr. Willard, who, as you may have observed, is not an enthusiast, said the other day that you were becoming really useful.
human
While Mr. Beason went so far as to assert that you had a general intelligence not unlike that of a man.
gpt
Well, I'm afraid they won't think I have the nerve or sense of a man when I get in the operating room this afternoon,
human
Well, remember what it's all for, he said, in that simple way of his which went so far because it was so direct,
gpt
Why, I act as though I were going to my own execution,