human
What did you do it for? she asked; then, with a look of dismay, she added,
gpt
What am I going to do with you in Hanover?
human
I think I can find something to do, I answered, and entered upon a detailed statement of my plan.
gpt
I want you to see the mountains. We'll set our wedding day for the eighteenth--that will give us a week in Colorado, and enable us to eat Thanksgiving dinner with the old folks at the homestead. You say you have never seen a real mountain--well, here's your chance! Say the word, and I'll take you into the heart of the San Juan Range. I'll show you the splendors of Ouray and the Uncompagre.
human
I can't do it. It would be lovely, but--oh, it is impossible!
gpt
It is done--it is arranged! I replied.
human
I have already sent for the railway tickets. They will be at your home to-morrow night. All is settled. We are to be married on the eighteenth, and----
gpt
But our cards are all in Chicago and printed for the twenty-third!
human
What of that? Get some more--or, better still, forget 'em! We don't need cards.
gpt
But--my sewing?
human
Never mind your sewing. Would you let a gown come between you and a chance to see the Needle Peak? I am determined that you shall see Ouray, Red Mountain, and the San Juan Divide.
gpt
I'll think about it.
human
It may be a long time before we have another chance to visit Colorado. It will be glorious winter up there. Think of Marshall Pass, think of Uncompagre, think of the Toltec Gorge! My enthusiasm mounted.
gpt
Ouray will be like a town in the Andes. We must plan to stay there at least two days.
human
Every hour in the low country is a loss--let's be married to-morrow,
gpt
I never liked it here, and neither did my little mother, she said, and then she described her mother's life in Hanover.
human
I was called home to nurse her in the last days of her illness, she explained.
gpt
Poor little mamma! She came out here unwillingly in the first place, and I always resented her living so far away from the city. After her death I seldom came here. Father does not care. He is so absorbed in his business and in his books that it doesn't matter where he lives.