human
Don't stop, said Chester.
gpt
What followed--for 'Maud'--Sidney--your boy father--your little-girl aunts? Did the clock in the sky call them North again?
human
No. The speaker rose.
gpt
I'll tell you on the train; I hear it coming.
human
There's a train every half-hour,
gpt
Yes, but the day-laborer must be home early.
human
Well, the youth urged,
gpt
Only till she could sell it. But that was nearly three years, and they were hard, those three. But at last, by the help of that Royal Street coterie--who were good friends, Mr. Chester, when friends were scarce--she sold both house and furniture--what was by that time remaining--and bought that place where we are now living.
human
Was there no life-insurance?
gpt
A little. We have the yearly interest on it still. 'Tis very small, yet a great help--to my aunts. I tell that only to say that papa would never touch it when he and my aunts--and afterward mamma--were in very narrow places.