human
Suppose we sleep over it, suggested Betty.
gpt
I've got to make a list, I think, of arguments for and against. The biggest argument _for_ is Marcella and how good it is of them to want us. A person hates to refuse and seem not to appreciate being asked. And then you run the chance of their unfriendliness, too.
human
Yes, said Carolyn, with a frown;
gpt
I hope not. I had the best time at her party!
human
So did I. Oh, by the way, Mathilde is invited and there isn't any chance of her not accepting. Julia--I may as well tell you who asked me--Julia Hickok said that Mathilde is so fond of Lucia Coletti and that they think she, Mathilde, will make a very loyal sorority sister.
gpt
Lucia could handle Mathilde, if necessary, she replied.
human
Lucia is a girl of some force, Father says. But on which side of the arguments for and against shall we put Mathilde's being in the sorority?
gpt
It wouldn't make so much difference to me. I could get along with 'Finney'--I'm not like Dotty.
human
I think you could get along with anybody, Carolyn, you are such a dear. But there it is. I think 'getting along' with sorority sisters that one did not choose for intimate friends would hinder me in my 'great ambitions' in other lines. But I've simply got to sleep on it, Carolyn.
gpt
Probably I'd better, too, but we haven't much time, Betty. I told Julia I'd tell her in the morning. I had to ask what Mother and Father thought. She laughed at me for a goose, then told me that I mustn't make that an excuse. I told her that I thought they would let me do what I wanted to do, but that I ought to tell them at least. I hope that she didn't take that as a promise. Away from Julia and talking it over with you makes me not so enthusiastic. Call me up in the morning, Betty, if you've decided before you go to school.
human
I will have decided all right, said Betty.
gpt
It's a thing you can't put off. I'll decide, if I have to draw cuts!
human
Go in for it, Betty; please do.
gpt
I'll think about it, promised Betty.
human
It's so that most of our hockey team want to play basketball, too.