human
I'm sure Jim wouldn't have acted so silly if his big brother had been here!
gpt
We have such lovely evenings with Tom, that this sort of horse-play gets on my nerves!
human
I wonder why Tom never came in tonight?
gpt
Jack Baxter met me this afternoon, and he says Tom goes uptown regularly, to see a girl. Jack shadowed him and knows exactly where the girl lives. But he didn't say I must not tell you, said Eleanor, confidentially. Neither did she add that she had heard the address of this
human
Poor Tom! He feels awfully bored with us girls, at times!
gpt
I should think so! especially if he came home for a visit with the idea of finding a nice girl to propose to. Now Jack thinks that Tom, with his good looks, his wonderful intelligence, and his family-tree, to say nothing of the Latimer fortune, ought to be able to take his pick of any New York girl that is looking for an ideal husband,
human
Since when has Jack Baxter dropped his maligning of Tom Latimer, and started to admire him?
gpt
Why, Jack always did admire Tom, even when he met him at Pebbly Pit. But he is jealous of him, for all the admiration he has for him. But I'll tell you, Polly: I wouldn't trust Jack in a case of 'love or war.' He'd as soon make Tom believe you were in love with another man, as anything else, if he could win a point by it.
human
Then Jack must be trying to 'win a point' when he got you to tell me that Tom was calling on another girl, uptown.
gpt
Oh well, Tom is too handsome a fellow to be wandering about New York these nights without a guardian. Some wide awake girl is going to snap him up the first chance!
human
Seems to me, Nolla, that Tom has been wandering about since he arrived in the City, with a whole bevy of guardians to keep him from snares and pitfalls. With all of us girls surrounding him, a fine chance any other girl could have found to snap him.