human
It is a little early for lunch, said Mrs. Leland,
gpt
We will be glad to see them, Aunt Elsie, said Evelyn,
human
And please understand that Eva has expressed my sentiments as fully as her own,
gpt
Mine also,
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But don't any one of you feel that this meal is to be taken in haste, said Mr. Leland, hospitably,
gpt
You and uncle, of course, expect to be at Woodburn to-night, Aunt Elsie?
human
Oh, yes; and expect to have you all here to-morrow night. There is to be quite a round of parties--as doubtless you know--to celebrate the great event of your and Lu's entrance into the bonds of matrimony. There will be none Saturday night, but the round will begin again Monday evening by a party at Ion given by mamma, Edward and Zoe. Tuesday evening we are all to go to the Oaks; then after that will be the Laurel's, Roselands, Beechwood, Pinegrove, Ashlands and others.
gpt
Don't forget Aunt Rosie's at Riverside, mamma,
human
No, returned her mother,
gpt
Ah, Aunt Elsie, that sounds as though you considered it something to one's credit to have left a life of single blessedness for one in the married state,
human
A state which I have found so pleasant that I think no one deserves any credit for entering it,
gpt
And I have noticed, said Max,
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quoted Grace, laughingly.
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Father takes care that his children don't do the first, perhaps to secure them from the second.
human
And we all have great confidence in our father's wisdom; as well as his strong affection for us, his children,