human
It will not be gay as it used to be at Wayland, she said;
gpt
Frank will amuse Mr Dornford's boys,
human
Yes! but Frank is not used to it.
gpt
Don't look so very unhappy, dear Dora, replied Amy,
human
I cannot bear to see it; you always seem out of spirits now, and I would give anything in the world if I could help you.
gpt
Would you? said Dora, looking at her earnestly;
human
But it is true; only, of course, I cannot be any good to you.
gpt
No one can be any good to me now; I knew I should be wretched when Christmas came.
human
But why?
gpt
Oh! never mind, said Dora, rather hastily,
human
I cannot talk about it; please don't say anything to anybody.
gpt
But if you would talk to some one else, would not that help you?
human
Whom should I talk to?
gpt
Do you never tell your mamma when you are unhappy?
human
Talk to mamma! exclaimed Dora;
gpt
she added,
human
I said no one could help me; no one can bring back----,
gpt
But he is so happy now.
human
Amy, I am very cross to you sometimes.
gpt
Oh no! replied Amy,
human
He was never cross to any one,
gpt
Miss Morton told me how good and kind he was, replied Amy,
human
Did she? exclaimed Dora, with interest;
gpt
I did not know she ever thought about me.
human
Oh Dora! indeed, I am sure she does think about you a great deal, and would love you very much, if----
gpt
If what? why should you be afraid of speaking out?
human
If you would love her,
gpt
It would be no use if I did, replied Dora;
human
But she spoke of you so kindly the other day, and said that she could not bear to see you in such bad spirits, and that she was so sorry about poor Edward; and then she told me that in some things she thought you were like him.
gpt
Me! no indeed, nobody could think that; he was like no one else.
human
Not Frank?
gpt
No, replied Dora;
human
Frank is thoughtless and hasty, but he never said a harsh word to any one, not to me even!
gpt
It would have been hard to speak crossly to you, when you were so fond of him,
human
Ah! you don't know, answered Dora, while a host of recollections flashed across her mind, of taunting looks, and angry words, and selfish actions, which at the time were thought of as nothing, but which now stood forth in their true light. For a short time she was silent; and then, turning abruptly to Amy, she said,
gpt
Then you will come next Monday--aunt Herbert is to have the green room and the boudoir, and you are to have the dressing-room.
human
I shall like it very much if mamma will consent, and if you will be happy, she said;
gpt
Don't think about me, replied Dora,
human
I wish Frank were here,
gpt
Frank will do no good, only make a noise; but I shall be happy again after Christmas. I did not think half so much about it a month ago, and not even when first I came here, because everything was new; but he always came home about this time, and I used to look forward to it so--at last I quite counted the days.