human
Please tell me who you are,
gpt
I did tell you. I am your fairy godmother. You may leave out the fairy if you like, for I am quite substantial.
human
Are you kin to--to grandmother? Did she send you?
gpt
She did not send me and has no idea I am here.
human
I know, of course, just where I am, she said.
gpt
This is Grandmother Corner's house. I saw into this very room once and I saw that, she indicated the portrait.
human
I just saw it for a minute and I do so want to see it real good. Could I?
gpt
Why do you want to see it?
human
Because I love it. Oh, I know, I know, she went on hastily.
gpt
Landy has told me.
human
Has told you what?
gpt
I can't tell you unless you are kinsfolk.
human
You can tell me anything because there is nothing I don't know about this house and those who used to live here.
gpt
Oh, then, you know how cruel my grandmother was to papa, and how she couldn't bear his marrying mother.
human
It wasn't because it was herself, put in the other eagerly.
gpt
There was no objection to Mary personally, but she hated to give him up to any one. She would have felt the same way if he had wanted to marry a princess. She never did get over the fact of sharing him with some one else; she never will.
human
I didn't know all that, but I knew about the bitter words and how they have been haunting her, and I feel so very sorry for her. I know it would break my mother's heart to lose one of us, said Nan,
gpt
She must be, said the little lady, her voice a-tremble,
human
I wonder if I shall ever see her,
gpt
I hope so. I think so.
human
And may I see the picture?
gpt
It is too high to reach, I am afraid.
human
Oh, but I can get a pole or something and lift up the cover,
gpt
Run, then, and find one.