human
Elizabeth, what do you say to going East next month? Blair said;
gpt
I don't see, she said,
human
Oh, it has all been very easily arranged; Nannie can draw pretty freely against the estate now, and she makes me an 'allowance,' so to speak, until things are settled; then she'll hand my principal over to me. It's a nuisance not to have it now; but we can get along well enough.
gpt
And when you get the principal, what will you do with it?
human
Invest it; pretty tough, isn't it, when you think what I ought to have had?
gpt
And when, said Elizabeth, very softly,
human
Build the hospital! What hospital?
gpt
The hospital near the Works, that your mother put that money aside for.
human
My mother changed her mind about that, Elizabeth.
gpt
No, she said;
human
She spoke with stern certainty.
gpt
Your mother didn't mean you to have that money. She meant it for--a hospital.
human
Why don't you speak his name?
gpt
I will certainly speak his name: _David Richie_. Your mother meant the money for David Richie.
human
That, said Blair,