human
I will see the child in a minute, he said;
gpt
Really, Phil, you are too cruel. After these weeks of anxiety, which only a mother can understand, you speak to me in that tone, just as if the dear little creature were nothing to me at all.
human
You can cry, Mildred, as much as you please, and you can talk all the sentimental stuff that best appeals to you, but answer my question now. What do the doctors say, and what doctors has she seen?
gpt
The local doctor here, our own special doctor in town, and the great specialist, Sir Henry Powell.
human
Good God, that man! said Ogilvie, starting back.
gpt
Then she must have been badly hurt?
human
She was badly hurt.
gpt
Well, what did the doctors say? Give me their verdict. I insist upon knowing.
human
They--they--of course, they are wrong, Phil. You are hurting me; I wish you would not hold my hands so tightly.
gpt
Speak!
human
They said at the time--of course they were mistaken, doctors often are. You cannot imagine how many diagnoses of theirs have been proved to be wrong. Yes, I learned that queer word; I did not understand it at first. Now I know all about it.
gpt
Speak!
human
Well, they said at the time that--oh, Phil, you kill me when you look at me like that! They said the case was----
gpt
Hopeless?
human
They certainly _said_ it. But, Phil; oh, Phil, dear, they are wrong!
gpt
You knew it, and you could have that going on? he said.
human
Go back to your bazaar.
gpt
I certainly will. I think you are terribly unkind.
human
You can have those people here, and that band playing, when you know _that_? Well, if such scenes give you pleasure at such a time, go and enjoy them.