human
Major's off and going strong, she announced,
gpt
her voice changed as she saw the white and miserable face among the pillows--
human
--she laughed her plump, merry laugh--
gpt
Are they?
human
You take it from me they are! A man that doesn't want you quick don't want you at all. And I must say your father needed marryin' more than any one I _ever_ saw! Spots all over his clothes, and that shiny in the back you could see your face in him. Your mother must have had a time keepin' that man neat! Besides, if we'd waited till you came, what would we have done with you on the honeymoon? Not, she added coyly,
gpt
No, I don't think I blame you, Mrs. Calloway.
human
Goodness' sakes, don't call me _that_! If you don't feel like callin' me 'mamma' yet --(there was a hopeful pause, which Joan did not fill)--
gpt
--(her voice lost its confident note and became rather shy).
human
I married your father as much to get you as to get him, dearie. A man's easy enough to pick up anywhere, goodness knows! if you've got the looks. But a child-- she sighed.
gpt
That's something else again. I used to think I'd like to adopt one, only Calloway didn't want to be bothered--Say, it was more fun than anything I've ever done in my life, shopping for lawngerie and little models and all, and telling the girls in the stores they were for my little girl just coming home from boarding-school!...