human
I tell you, I'm proud to make my entrance by the side of the real Librarian of the Winsted City Library.
gpt
Leave your scarf here, Catriona darling, said Polly, greeting her guests in the doorway.
human
You don't need to prink. Mother, Father, here are Catherine and Algernon.
gpt
This is really an occasion. I am delighted, in my new capacity as Trustee, to salute the Founder and the Mainstay of our Library.
human
O! protested Catherine.
gpt
But isn't it perfectly lovely the way the council did take up with the idea? Was there any hitch at all about it?
human
Not the least, said Mr. Osgood.
gpt
You never saw anything smoother. You young folks certainly struck this town with this library scheme of yours at the psychological moment. The council was all for it. The tax was voted, and directors appointed as though it had been talked up for years.
human
And Bertha is a trustee, cried Catherine, seeing Bertha in the group beyond.
gpt
O, Bertha dear, do use your influence to keep Algernon in office!
human
We can't help ourselves! No one can ever underbid him, except by paying for the privilege. Algernon won't take a salary.
gpt
I haven't earned one yet, he muttered.
human
And besides, salaries for public positions--