human
It is very strange, papa, Polly said.
gpt
How do you account for a feeling so opposed to her general character?
human
We are all anomalies, Polly, and in the present instance the anomaly can be accounted for more easily than it can in many others. As children, the Misses Harmer were brought up in convents abroad, and saw pictures and were told stories of the martyrdoms of saints, until the very air seemed full of horrors. I have no doubt that this is how their feeling originated; but at any rate it is fortunate for us, for there is no question that it is their superstition, heightened by the threat I held over them of their brother's spirit, which has prevented Miss Harmer from destroying the will long ago.
gpt
I wish I could frighten her again,
human
Come, Polly, no more tricks, papa said,