human
What a goose!--what a silly, bad thing I was! she said.
gpt
I hated the idea of you, Mamma. I said I never would like you, whatever you did; and then I just went and fell in love with you!
human
You hid the hatred tolerably well, but I am happy to say that you don't hide the love,
gpt
Hide it? I don't want to! I wonder what did make me behave so? Oh, I know,--it was that absurd book! I wish people wouldn't write such things, Mamma. When I'm quite grown up I mean to write a book myself, and just tell everybody how different it really is, and that the nicest, dearest, best things in the world, and the greatest blessings, are--stepmothers.
human
Blessings in disguise, said Mrs. Flint.
gpt
Well, Patty, I am afraid I was pretty thoroughly disguised in the beginning; but if you consider me a blessing now, it's all right.
human
Oh, it's all just as right as it can be!