human
I can scarcely believe that it is ten years since I was here,
gpt
I used to visit my friends at Dunaghee every autumn, and now if some one were to assure me that I had been to sleep and dreamt a ten years' dream, I should be disposed to credit it. Every detail the same; the very cattle, the very birds--surely just those identical sparrows used to fly before me along the hedgerows, in the good old times, ten years ago! Ah! yes, it is only the human element that changes.
human
One is often so thankful for a change in that,
gpt
True, said Miss Du Prel;
human
I think people improve with time, as often as they fall off,
gpt
To him that hath shall be given, but to him that hath not---- The Professor smiled a little sadly, in quoting the significant words.
human
Well, well, he said, turning to Miss Du Prel,
gpt
I can't say how happy I am to see you again. I have not yet got over my surprise. And so you have made the acquaintance of the family at Dunaghee. I have the warmest respect and affection for those dear folks. Mrs. Fullerton has the qualities of a heroine, kind hostess as she is! And of what fine Scottish stuff the old man is made--and a mind like crystal! What arguments we used to have in that old study of his! I can see him now. And how genial! A man could never forget it, who had once received his welcome.