human
Well, Mr. Thompkins, exclaimed the doctor, with ponderous facetiousness.
gpt
I am glad to be able to tell you that Mrs. Thompkins is much better.
human
And her memory?
gpt
It's improving. She does not yet remember people or incidents, but she is beginning to recall certain places. For instance, I asked her yesterday if she had been to Paris. It suggested nothing to her, but this morning she told me with great pride that Paris was a city and that it had a wide street with an arch at one end. So you see she is progressing; only we must not hurry her.
human
Of course, continued the doctor,
gpt
But doctor--I must--it's frightfully important that my wife (he found himself calling her so quite glibly) should be told of a certain fact at once. If I wait even a day, it will be too late,
human
And you have reason to suppose that this communication will agitate Lady Wilmersley?
gpt
I--I fear so.
human
Then I can certainly not permit it. You don't seem to realise the delicate condition of her brain. Why, it might be fatal,
gpt
Come, we will go to her, said the doctor, moving towards the door.
human
She is naturally a little nervous about seeing you, so we must not keep her waiting.