human
Are you offended with me, or what, Uncle Richard?
gpt
Not in the least, Noll.
human
I'm very glad, Uncle Richard! and do you know your voice sounded like papa's just now?
gpt
What this boy has done,--and _I_! was a thought continually haunting him. And he did not try to put it away; but, as he sat there, went back over all the months of the lad's stay, remembering what he had done to brighten the old stone house and himself, and contrasting all the boy's actions and motives with his own,--sparing himself not at all in the condemnation which his own heart was ready to pronounce.
human
What this boy has done,--and _I_! I? Nothing, nothing! The earth will never miss me, for I have had no part in its life, and have cared naught for its joys or its sorrows; and beyond--where this boy's heaven lies--there will be no place for me, because I have not sought it, and have cared only for my own peace. So I have no part nor place in the world or out of it.