human
Well, my little dark-eyed lassie, he said,
gpt
I heard Rosie call you Uncle Horace.
human
Then suppose you follow Rosie's example. If you are as good as you are bonny, I shall be proud to claim you as my niece.
gpt
But I'm not, she said frankly. Then hastily correcting herself,
human
I don't mean to say I'm bonny, but I'm not good. Aunt Beulah used to say I was the worst child she ever saw.
gpt
Indeed! you are honest, at all events, he said, with a look of amusement.
human
And who is Aunt Beulah?
gpt
The person Gracie and I lived with before papa got married to Mamma Vi.
human
Ah! well I shall not regard her opinion, but wait and form one for myself, and I shall certainly be much surprised if you don't turn out a pattern good girl, now that you are to live with my sweet sister Elsie. In the mean while, will it please you to call me Uncle Horace?
gpt
Yes, sir, since you ask me to,