human
Would you like a trip down to Florida with me, Miss Crew. Orange groves and outdoor blossoms would be as a glimpse of Paradise, with one's eyes full of snow flakes.
gpt
Yes; I should like to go anywhere with you, Mrs. Gower; that is, she adds, glancing, timidly, at Mr. Dale, already now he knows her history, turning to him as a child to a parent;
human
Do you really contemplate this trip; if so, and you do not leave for a few days, I think it would be the very thing for Miss--, for this little lady,
gpt
I do really intend going,
human
Did you see how Professor Herkomer has been lauding the Americans, Mr. Dale?
gpt
I did; but I only agree with him in part.
human
Not so with me; I am at one with him, to the echo; but I should tell you I have only seen extracts from his expressed views, in which he says, 'he was impressed by their keen, nervous temperament, keen intelligence and ambition to excel;' and when he says America will become a leader of art in the nations as of nearly everything else.
gpt
I don't go with him that length, he said, shaking his head;
human
In the present, I agree with you, I think; but their very ambition to excel, their-go-ahead-ness, to coin a word, will, I feel convinced, gain them first place in the future.
gpt
That's right, Elaine; give it him, he is too conservative, this dear old hubby of mine; the stars and stripes float over the smartest people on earth.
human
Well, let us see which of us, England, United States or Canada, will be the smartest in taking a few minutes' rest, and getting into a dinner gown.
gpt
Thank you, dear; that saves my time; when you have done that, run away up to your room, and put on your pretty heliotrope frock; the Smyths may dine with us.
human
Very well, I shall; and oh, Mrs. Gower, may I tell Thomas when my friends come (you know I told you I am going to have my black silk altered), he is to show them into the dining-room; though, perhaps, they would not be called gentlefolk, still, they are not servants, and they are so good.
gpt
The highest recommendation you can give them, dear; I shall tell Thomas myself.