human
It's dreary out there, the professor complained;
gpt
Don't worry! I've never seen a man less inclined to be doleful!
human
Do you think so, said the professor eagerly,
gpt
he said with sudden enthusiasm,
human
Oh! what a pity!
gpt
Pity!
human
The hills will look so bare; I shall always remember the beautiful forest sweeping up to the mountain tops.
gpt
Oh! the wood will be cut far up the range and there is enough about there for the country not to suffer for the want of it. We went over it together.
human
Then I know it is all right!
gpt
He's working too hard,
human
You know this is a busy season; after a while he can rest. You know what you often say, winter is the farmer's holiday.
gpt
Yes, but shut up out there! I must send him some books. Frances watched in amusement as her father went to the shelves where his light literature was kept.
human
Pope's Iliad, he said thoughtfully,
gpt
What do you like yourself when you are idle or half sick, when there's a good hot fire to read and dream before?
human
Get him something yourself, then!
gpt
I will!
human
I dare say he will like it better,