human
It is a privilege we do not often grant, the nun said, smiling.
gpt
But in this child's case we think it is really essential. The change from a widely different life was so very sudden.
human
So you are to come on Tuesday, and this is Sunday,
gpt
There is only one day between. To-morrow I shall study very hard, and say all my lessons and practise for my singing lesson on Thursday, and do everything well.
human
Father Owen would say you should do that every day, I reminded her.
gpt
You remember how he pointed out that the robin did his work in storm or sunshine.
human
Oh, but 'tis much easier to work in sunshine!
gpt
I suppose it is, laughed I;
human
I do try, Winifred said earnestly.
gpt
I get up the moment the bell rings in the morning--though I don't find that as hard as some of the girls do, for I was often out on the hills at sunrise. Then I'm one of the first in the chapel; and in class I study my lessons and I hardly ever talk. At recreation I don't feel much like playing yet, but perhaps I shall after a while--when I know some of the girls better.
human
Yes, I am sure you will. How do you like your companions?
gpt
I think a good many of them are nice. But it takes me a long time to know strangers, I suppose because I scarcely ever saw any.
human
And your teachers?
gpt
Oh, they are all very kind, especially to me, because I come from so far away and have no mother! I like my music teacher best, though. I wish you knew her.
human
I must make her acquaintance some time, I remarked;
gpt
I want to know all your friends.
human
The French teacher is the crossest. She isn't a nun, though, and doesn't wear a nun's dress. She scolds me if I don't know the verbs or if I make mistakes in spelling. I told her the other day that I didn't want a stranger to speak so to me. The girls all laughed, but she didn't understand what I was saying.
gpt
Just as well in that case.