human
Yes, my home was in Ohio. Such a dear old town, she said. But the next moment she bit her lips, for she had come so near to adding,
gpt
I wish I were back this very minute! What was her visitor saying? She frowned and leaned forward attentively. Something about a small town in Vermont and the funny local politics there.
human
Where is she leading by that remark?
gpt
Yes, indeed, declared Ethel eagerly,
human
I'm for suffrage heart and soul! I marched in the parade last Fall! Wasn't it glorious? Were you there?
gpt
Yes, I marched--
human
With the gardeners? Ethel blushed again.
gpt
Landscape, I mean!
human
Yes, with the gardeners, she said.
gpt
There were only four of us, but we felt like the Four Hundred.
human
Wasn't it glorious? she exclaimed.
gpt
You ninny! she thought.
human
You said that once! And she hastened to add,
gpt
And isn't it perfectly silly for men to try to keep us from marching?
human
You mean your husband doesn't approve?
gpt
Approve! Ethel echoed with a sniff.
human
I'd like to see him disapprove. I have him in fair control, I think.
gpt
How long have you been married!
human
Let me see. Four years? No, two, she replied, with a quick smile.
gpt
Time does so fly along in this town!
human
It does indeed. It seems hardly any time at all since the days when your husband and I were friends.
gpt
Oh, yes, he has often told me about you! And Ethel shot a swift anxious look.
human
I know you don't like him, she wanted to add.
gpt
But if you'll only give me a chance I'll show you what I have made of this man--or was making, at least, till all of a sudden right out of the clouds there dropped a fat detective!