human
The people are all so friendly, she said,
gpt
Yes, said King,
human
But the sole object appears to me to be agreeable, and make a real social life. At other like places nobody seems to care what becomes of anybody else.
gpt
Doubtless the cordiality and good feeling are spontaneous, though something is due to manner, and a habit of expressing the feeling that arises. Still, I do not expect to find any watering-place a paradise. This must be vastly different from any other if it is not full of cliques and gossip and envy underneath. But we do not go to a summer resort to philosophize. A market is a market, you know.
human
I don't know anything about markets, and this cordiality may all be on the surface, but it makes life very agreeable, and I wish our Northerners would catch the Southern habit of showing sympathy where it exists.
gpt
Well, I'm free to say that I like the place, and all its easy-going ways, and I have to thank you for a new experience.
human
Me? Why so?
gpt
Oh, I wouldn't have come if it had not been for your suggestion--I mean for your--your saying that you were coming here reminded me that it was a place I ought to see.
human
I'm glad to have served you as a guide-book.
gpt
And I hope you are not sorry that I--