human
May I come in--please? I'm threatened with a terrible attack of--the blues, I reckon.
gpt
Surely, she said,
human
You mean it's against the rules?
gpt
Then I'd better go.
human
Nonsense, stay where you are! I was dying for some one to hook me up. Ruth's in the tub--been there an hour. If you hear any one coming, step in the closet.
gpt
I shouldn't have come only I knew I was going to be homesick, and--
human
And Joy wasn't a very good antidote, was she?
gpt
Hardly. She won't talk.
human
You'll have to do what Sue did last year. That awful silence got on her nerves. Not that she was so anxious to hear Joy talk, but she got tired of putting forth all the effort. Well, she got somebody to make out a list of subjects on a typewriter. She gave it to Joy. 'Now,' she said, 'for goodness sake, _talk_. Choose, in any order you like, but _talk_!'
gpt
Ssh! Annabel warned.
human
You mustn't do anything more than breathe during this hour.
gpt
Sit still,
human
What would they do if they found me?
gpt
That depends upon who found you. If it were the German lady above--
human
Fraulein?
gpt
Yes.
human
Has she anything to do with this floor?
gpt
There isn't anything in the school that she hasn't something to do with.
human
And if it were Mrs. White?
gpt
Mrs. White would do her duty. She would send you to your room--and you'd go--a heap quicker than you would for Fraulein.
human
I think I'll go anyway. Oh, there's a knock!
gpt
May I come in, Annabel?
human
I think I'll have to escort Miss Ashe to her room and show her the rules,
gpt
I'm ready. I was just going.
human
Very well. We'll 'kill two birds with one stone.' I was going to your room to talk over your music.