human
I want you to meet my friend, Betty Randall, Lulu said to Marjorie, as Elsie turned away to speak to other friends.
gpt
She's English, and just as nice as can be. She and her mother and brother are visiting us. She can't be a member, because they are all going back to England next week, but she and Jack are the special guests of the evening, and they are both to be allowed to vote on the poems.
human
Have you been in this country long? she asked, when Lulu had left them together, and gone to greet other arriving guests. She could not help feeling a good deal interested in meeting
gpt
Only since September, Betty answered,
human
I should think it would be wonderfully interesting to live in England, said Marjorie.
gpt
I suppose of course you have been in London, and seen the Tower and Westminster Abbey?
human
Oh, yes, said Betty, smiling.
gpt
One of my uncle's places is quite near London, and we often motor into town. I like America, though; it always seems more like home. Do you know the names of all these girls?
human
I know most of them; we go to the same school, but I haven't been in New York nearly as long as you have. My home is in Arizona, and I have only come here to spend the winter, and go to school with my cousin.
gpt
Then I suppose you can't tell me something I want to know very much, she said.
human
Lulu told me Dr. Randolph's nephew was to be here, and I do want to see him.
gpt
Oh, I can point him out to you, said Marjorie.
human
He lives at the Plaza, where my uncle has an apartment, and Elsie and I know him very well. There he is, that tall boy, who has just come in. Isn't he handsome?
gpt
Yes, very, agreed Betty, regarding the new arrival with considerable interest.
human
I never met him, but his uncle was such a good friend to us once.
gpt
I know Dr. Randolph, too, said Marjorie;
human
Kind! repeated Betty, with shining eyes;
gpt
Tell me about it,
human
It was before we went back to England, she said.
gpt
We were living here in New York, and Winifred Hamilton and her father and mother had an apartment in the same house. My mother was taken very ill, and Winifred went for Lulu Bell's father, whom you know is a doctor. He was very good to us, and while attending mother he became very much interested in my brother, who was nine years old then, and had never walked a step since he was born. He brought Dr. Randolph to see Jack, and he felt sure something could be done for him, and persuaded Mother to let him be taken to a hospital. Mother consented, and Dr. Randolph performed a wonderful operation.
human
And does your brother walk now?
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There he is, said Betty, smiling, and pointing to a tall boy of thirteen, who was standing near the door, talking to Winifred Hamilton.
human
You would never believe that he was a helpless cripple only four years ago, would you?
gpt
No, indeed, said Marjorie;
human
I think so. Dr. Bell says he is one of the finest surgeons in the country. Why are you so much interested? Do you know some one who is a cripple, too?
gpt
Yes, said Marjorie, with a sigh.
human
It's my aunt; she had a terrible accident eight years ago, and has never walked since. But she is away in Arizona; we could never ask Dr. Randolph to go all that distance to see her.
gpt
No, I suppose not, Betty admitted regretfully,