human
Let me, said Agnes, and she drew it away from Ruth.
gpt
It is almost the same shade as mine,
human
Well, now, so it is, replied that lady, laying down her work and taking the new dress pattern.
gpt
They are as nearly alike as two peas. If people did not know you so well, they would take you for twins.
human
O, Agnes, it is ever so much finer, exclaimed Ruth.
gpt
What did you do that for? She spoke as if it pained her, and Agnes laughingly replied:
human
Because, big sisters should always have the best things. Now don't look so doleful, Ruth, one would think you were going to be beheaded. I declare, Miss Smithers and I would be bowing and smiling like Frenchmen or Frenchwomen, rather if we were having a dress presented to us.
gpt
And to think of her wearing a common dress just for the sake of getting me a handsome one,
human
Dear Agnes, if she only knew what thoughts I have had about having to do without things sometimes, she could never love me enough to make this sacrifice. I suppose it was providential; God had a hand in it. But that is the strange part, that He should reward me after all my complaining.