human
I didn't mean to. I'm not dangerous, now that's no lie.
gpt
That, sir, remains to be seen. You did cause me to forget myself. She was still silently laughing--from natural good spirits, or from kindness, or because Ben Cory was the most comical savage under the sun.
human
Surprising me so, Mr. Cory!
gpt
May I come in then?
human
Oh-h--mmm, she said, her tone a singing.
gpt
I'll consider it, I suppose. I suppose it would be cold and unkind if I obliged you to stand out there in the street. Though perhaps you ought to, as a punishment for surpri-ising me so.
human
I'm most sorry for that.
gpt
Are you now? Why, Mr. Cory, if I thought so I might decide you were a poor thing of no enterprise, and so away into the house closing the door, and you might sit out here lorn and lonely enough until the lamplighter cometh in the evening. She blinked both eyes.
human
Or I could send Charity to you, sir? With another picture maybe, so to keep you company?
gpt
Would you like to come look at the daffodils? They were timid, Mr. Cory. They would not bloom in March, but now I think the sun's a little kinder.