human
Your children, the letter said,
gpt
I know the invitation is sent on your account, and not on mine,
human
Well, why not? If my old friend loves me well enough to be anxious to give my wife and children pleasure, what is there wrong about that?
gpt
Oh, nothing, replied Sophia.
human
I've a great mind to go.
gpt
If you do, my dear, you will make a number of people happy--yourself and the children, and many of my old friends.
human
He declares, said Sophia,
gpt
I certainly do. Imagine me, for instance, inviting to visit us a lady whom you had never met.
human
I believe you'd endorse any proposition that came from Shady Dale,
gpt
Cephas, you ought to be ashamed of yourself for not going to see those people, she declared.
human
Why, they are the salt of the earth. I never expected to be treated as they treated me. If it wasn't for your business, I would beg you to go back there and live. They are just like the people you read about in the books--I mean the good people, the ideal characters--the men and women you would like to meet. Here she paused and sighed.
gpt
Oh, I wouldn't have missed that visit for anything. But what amazes me, Cephas, is that you've never put in your books characters such as you find in Shady Dale.