human
If the weather only holds! exclaimed Douglas.
gpt
This first week-end is the most important of all. If the boarders have a good time they will want to come back, and then they will give us such a good name that others will want to come, too.
human
People who can't rise above mere weather should be taught a lesson,
gpt
Nonsense, child! from Miss Somerville.
human
Weather is something no one can rise above. A week of rain in these mountains would make all of us ready to kill each other and then commit suicide.
gpt
I hope we won't be put to the test,
human
I should hope not! 'Continual dripping on a rainy day' is a proverbial evil. I hope some bridge players will be numbered among the guests. I am hungry for a game.
gpt
Why, Cousin Lizzie, you know we don't mind playing a bit, said Helen.
human
Why don't you ask us whenever you want to?
gpt
Don't mind playing? Bless you, child! Who wants to play with people who play because they 'don't mind playing'? I can see that game now! 'What's trumps?' 'Whose play is it?' 'I thought I had played!' 'I must have reniged as I find I have a heart, after all.' No, no! When I play cards, I want the game made up of devotees. How would you like a partner in the dance who danced merely out of good-nature and kept forgetting whether he was dancing the schottische or mazurka?