human
Your aunt particularly begged me to leave her, she said;
gpt
I don't think they are engaged particularly now, mamma, replied Amy.
human
Poor little Rose is quieter, and my aunt does not know what more to do.
gpt
Perhaps, then, said Mrs Herbert,
human
A little while since, said Amy,
gpt
I am sure Miss Morton would have been more glad to see you, mamma, than any one else in the world--she was so very miserable; but she would not let me tell you, because she said it would worry you and make you ill.
human
What do you mean? asked Mrs Herbert;
gpt
No, said Mrs Herbert;
human
I think, considering all the circumstances, you were quite right. It would have been a cruel thing for Miss Morton to have been sent away now. But have you seen Mr Cunningham since? and do you know whether he is going?
gpt
I rather think he is, replied Amy,
human
I am very much alarmed for her, my dear, she is so young to receive such a shock; and I have often thought her delicate, myself, though no one agreed with me.
gpt
What will Miss Morton do?
human
She will feel it very bitterly, replied Mrs Herbert.
gpt
Rose was her chief earthly comfort; but she will not murmur.
human
And all her long life to come, said Amy,
gpt
Yes, replied Mrs Herbert,
human
I cannot bear to think of her. exclaimed Amy, while the tears rushed to her eyes.
gpt
It seems so hard--so very hard, that she should suffer. And Rose, too,--Oh mamma! she is so young to die.
human
And therefore, my dear, it is the greater mercy that she should be taken from a sinful world. Do you not remember that beautiful verse in the Bible?--'The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.' If death is thus sent as a blessing to the good, surely we may think that it is sent equally in love to the innocent.
gpt
Mamma, replied Amy, as she looked in her mother's face,
human
I cannot talk about it now, said Mrs Herbert;
gpt
I think, observed Amy, listening at the door,
human
I can hear a noise down-stairs as if some one were just come.
gpt
I wish it may be your uncle and Dr Bailey,
human
No, replied Amy;