human
It's very nice--very nice, said Burns, indifferently.
gpt
But it's not in it with the old lady by the fire. I'll run across and make sure of her quarters, if you please.
human
That will be wonderfully good of you,
gpt
Does one have to do everything he says, in these parts?
human
I have been his surgical assistant for more than nine years, said she.
gpt
When I have ventured to depart from the line he laid out for me I have--been very sorry, afterward.
human
Did you ever venture to depart very far?
gpt
Do I look so meek?
human
You don't look meek at all, but you do look--conscientious.
gpt
If I were not conscientious I couldn't work for Dr. Burns.
human
He doesn't look conscientious, to me, declared Miss Ruston.
gpt
He looks adventurous, audacious, unexpected.
human
Perhaps he is. But he doesn't expect his assistant nurse to be adventurous, audacious, or unexpected!
gpt
Good for you! Miss Ruston was laughing, and looking with newly roused interest at this young woman, whom she had perhaps taken to be of a more commonplace type than her words now indicated.
human
As for my friend, Mrs. Burns--he is her husband, and she must have known what he was like, since I, in one short hour, have already discovered two or three of his characteristics! Well, here's hoping he's on my side, when he comes back. If he's not--