human
He'll do it, he said, half under his breath.
gpt
It's all very well for a girl to be independent, but she needn't be so darned independent that she won't listen to a word a man says.
human
I don't think I understand,
gpt
No, of course, you don't. He put his hands on her shoulders.
human
As man to man, he said,
gpt
I thought perhaps you might like to take a cat to board. An orphan cat,
human
Suppose you climb into the car and tell me why you're looking for a boarding place for an orphan cat?
gpt
My Uncle Larry, she began very importantly,
human
Is he, indeed,
gpt
But he doesn't own it. At first I thought he did. I used to live in Mifflin, where there aren't any houses like that. Every family has its own house. Some of them are little but Mrs. Black's is as big as yours. She brought me to Waloo and we had a taxicab all the way.
human
All the way! Mr. Jerry showed a proper amount of astonishment.
gpt
That was a treat.
human
It was to me, simply.
gpt
There aren't any taxicabs in Mifflin, just one old hack that was made before the war, Mr. Day said, and that's a very long time ago.
human
It is, agreed Mr. Jerry.
gpt
Longer than either you or I can remember. I expect you are all of ten years old?
human
I'm older than that. She would have told him how much older but she remembered what Aunt Kate had said.
gpt
I'm going on fourteen. It sounded so aged that she felt quite important.
human
And my name is Mary Rose Crocker.
gpt
Mary Rose?