human
It doesn't seem right to be so happy when others are not,
gpt
But remember what she said--because you are happy is the one bright spot in Madame Henri's life! So it may be with others; you can always help someone.
human
You couldn't do anything else at the Lees', broke in Keineth,
gpt
Keineth stopped short; for the first time it crossed her mind that now that her daddy had come back her visit at the Lees' would end.
human
Where will we live now, Daddy?
gpt
I am going to ask you to decide that for yourself, Keineth.
human
Let's sit down here and talk. I'll show you two pictures, Keineth, and you shall choose. You heard what the President said; he has asked me to be in his Cabinet! That is a great honor--perhaps the highest honor that may ever come to me!
gpt
You'll be more than a soldier that doesn't wear a uniform?
human
Yes, much more! But, besides the honor and the work of the position it will mean this to us--we will have to take a house here in Washington and live in such a way that we can entertain many, many guests. My time will never be my own, for there will be countless social demands besides the duties of the office--I will be able to spend very little time with my little girl! But she will not mind that because she will have ever so many new friends and new things to do, too. And we're too simple to know how to live such a life, so there's only one thing that'd happen-- Keineth was making tiny circles in the soft grass with the toe of her shoe. She had listened intently, now she interrupted quickly:
gpt
Aunt Josephine!
human
Yes--Aunt Josephine would have to come down to show us how!