human
I felt for you, Mr. Henderson, ; she said, after the exercises were over.
gpt
I blushed for you. I almost felt ashamed, after all the president said, that you had given so little.
human
You seem, Miss Eschelle, remarked Mr. Ponsonby,
gpt
Yes, I am; I quite share Mr. Henderson's feeling about it. I'm for the elevation of everything.
human
There is a capital chance for you, said Henderson;
gpt
And I've half a mind to found one--the Eschelle Scholarship of Washing and Clear-starching. You ought to have seen my clothes that came back to the car. Probably they were not done by your students. The things looked as if they had been dragged through the Cat-a-what-do-you-call-it River, and ironed with a pine chip.
human
Could you do them any better, with all your cultivation?
gpt
I think I could, if I was obliged to. But I couldn't get through that university, with all its ologies and laboratories and Greek and queer bottles and machines. You have neglected my education, Mr. Henderson.
human
It is not too late to begin now; you might see if you could pass the examination here. It is part of our plan gradually to elevate the whites,
gpt
Yes, I know; and did you see that some of the scholars had red hair and blue eyes, quite in the present style? And how nice the girls looked, she rattled on;
human
--she turned to the Englishman--
gpt
I've heard, were against all this emancipation during the war.
human
Bless my soul! exclaimed Ponsonby,
gpt
You had a mighty queer way of showing it, then.
human
Well, honestly, Miss Eschelle, do you think the negroes are any better off?
gpt
You'd better ask them. My opinion is that everybody should do what he likes in this world.
human
Then what are you girding Mr. Henderson for about his university?
gpt
Because these philanthropists, like Mr. Henderson and Uncle Jerry Hollowell, are all building on top; putting on the frosting before the cake rises.
human
Haven't you found out, Mr. Ponsonby, Margaret interrupted,
gpt
And right, too. There are eight sides to every question, and generally more. I think the negro question has a hundred. But there is only one side to Henderson Hall. It is a noble institution. I like to think about it, and Uncle Caesar Hollowell crossing the Rubicon in his theological seminary. It is all so beautiful!
human
You are a bad child, said Margaret.
gpt
We should have left you at home.
human
No, not bad, dear; only confused with such a lot of good deeds in a naughty world.