human
What is it? she called. He did not hear her; he stood there, gazing at three white butterflies that were zigzagging into a patch of pale blue sky. How they had come into this black and clamorous spot, why they had left their fields of goldenrod and asters farther down the river, who can say? But here they were, darting up and up, crossing, dipping, dancing in the smoky sunshine that flooded thinly the noisy squalor of the Yards. Blair, looking at them, said, under his breath, in pure delight,
gpt
Yes, just like the high notes. A flight of violin notes!
human
Blair! came the impatient voice;
gpt
Nothing, nothing.
human
I was just going to tell you that a high silicon pig--
gpt
My dear mother, he interrupted wearily,
human
Butterflies!
gpt
Come on,
human
He _has_ brains, she said to herself, frowning,
gpt
She sighed, and called out loudly,
human
Harris! Corn-beef! But as she hacked off a slab of boiled meat, she wondered why on earth Nannie asked Elizabeth to tea so often, and especially why she asked her on those evenings when Blair happened to be at home.
gpt
Elizabeth is such a little blatherskite, she reflected, good-naturedly,
human
Then it occurred to her that perhaps he came because Elizabeth came? for it was evident that she amused him. Well, Sarah Maitland had no objection. To secure her son for her dingy supper table she was willing to put up with Elizabeth or any other girl. But certainly Nannie invited her very often.
gpt
I'll come in to-night, if you'll invite Elizabeth,
human
If she doesn't know it, I am square with David, he argued. Curiously enough, when he said
gpt
David, he always thought of David's mother. He was profoundly unhappy, and yet exhilarated--there is always exhilaration in the aching melancholy of hopeless love; but somewhere, back in his mind, there was probably the habit of hope. He had always had everything he wanted, so why should not fate be kind now?--of course without any questionable step on his part.
human
I will never tell her,