human
Are you sure you are not mistaking the way? said he, as Lilias waited for him at the corner of the street, or rather the alley that led to the attic;
gpt
Yes, sir, we have lived here ever since the time you used to come and see Archie.
human
Oh, he! my Lily of the valley, this is you, is it? Well, don't cry, he added; for his kindly voice had brought the tears to the child's eyes.
gpt
We shall have your mother quite well in a day or two again, never fear.
human
You don't think my mother will be long ill?
gpt
No, my child; I don't think she will be long ill,
human
You think her dying, then?
gpt
She is not dying yet; but, should her present symptoms continue long, she cannot possibly survive. She must have been exerting herself far beyond her strength or living long without nourishing food, to have become reduced to a state so frightfully low as that in which I find her.
human
She has been doing both, I fear, said her sister, sadly.
gpt
She has sacrificed herself. And, yet, what could she do? They have had nothing for many months between them and want, but the labour of her hands, and the few pence that poor child could earn. God help them!
human
God help them, indeed!