human
This is our philosopher and reigning monarch, he said genially—
gpt
Miss Elizabeth Bethune. Permit me to introduce her ; and he turned and waited, remembering that he had not yet the
human
I am Mrs. Kennaird—I am glad to meet my sovereign.
gpt
Oh, indeed, exclaimed Miss Elizabeth with a pretty pout;
human
The ghost! Here at Andana?
gpt
I should think so; everybody’s seen it but Mr. Benny, and, of course, he’s blind. Do you know the people in the villages are so frightened that some of them are going down to Sierre? Well, it’s true, and even that horrid Dr. Orange, who believes in nothing but his ’brackets,’ why, he’s in a dreadful way about it. We’re to have a picnic after dinner to-night, just to see if we can find it.
human
I shall certainly come,
gpt
Perhaps you will join the expedition?
human
No, she said,
gpt
I think not—my life is too full of ghosts. I would not add to the number.
human
A devilish dainty little woman,
gpt
By Jove! he said,
human
I know that face almost as well as my own. Now where—?