human
Thank you, so much, she said gratefully.
gpt
I am very glad you are kin of ours, even if I don't know who you are. I love you and I am going to try to love my grandmother.
human
You are a dear, dear child, and I love you, too, she said.
gpt
Some day you shall see me again. Kiss me, Nancy.
human
I shall be seeing your grandmother before long,
gpt
But she is in Europe.
human
And are there no steamers that cross the ocean?
gpt
Are you going there, then?
human
That is my intention.
gpt
Then, are you going to tell her about me? Will she care to know? Nan paused before she said hesitatingly,
human
Would it make her very mad if I sent a kiss to her?
gpt
Dear child, no. It would make her very glad, and would help to ease her sad heart, I am sure.
human
Then I'll do it. Take this, please. Nan pressed a hearty kiss on the lady's lips.
gpt
Then, she added:
human
I must tell mother, you know.
gpt
Of course. You may tell her day after to-morrow that you met your godmother.
human
My fairy godmother.
gpt
As you like. Now you must run along. Good-bye till we meet again. One more kiss, Nannie, for your Aunt Helen.
human
Oh, yes, I always forget her. I was so little when I last saw her, you know. But I'll send her a kiss if you want me to. Good-bye, dear fairy godmother. Ask the queen of the fairies to send you this way soon again.
gpt
Mother, she said when her mother came to say good-night,
human
Your Aunt Helen,
gpt
Why, why,
human
Did you never know that?
gpt
If I did I forgot, replied Nan, and she lay awake for a long time thinking of the strangeness of the morning's experience. She could scarcely wait till the time rolled around and brought her to the day when she could tell her mother the story of her secret meeting. It seemed to her that since the day before yesterday her mental self had grown prodigiously. Mary Lee, a year and a half younger seemed now such a child, although heretofore she had been considered the more mature. Once in a while the two had discussed their grandmother and the Corner family, but Mary Lee was not greatly interested in the subject and had concluded the conversation by saying:
human
I don't care a picayune where she is or what she thinks. She has never done anything for me and she might as well be out of the world as in it, as far as we are concerned. I'm never going to bother my head about her, and I don't see why you want to, Nan.