human
There might well have been a preference, was the grave answer.
gpt
Clover, young as she is, is a pearl among women. The Breckinridges have just gone abroad for a year, and Mrs. Breckinridge, before she left, told me that she had invited Clover to accompany them; but the girl refused to leave her mother and the children. Think of the way the Breckinridges will travel, and what it cost her to refuse!
human
Whew, that was rough! Clover is a brick, declared Jack, his eyes bright enough now with their accustomed interest in life.
gpt
It ought not to be allowed. Can’t we do something? Get a trained nurse for Mrs. Bryant, and invite her and the children to our house for the year?
human
We not only can’t do anything, he returned,
gpt
She’s strong, Clover is, said Jack, with an admiring shake of the head.
human
I shall be glad to see her again.