human
I should like to go with you some day, she said,
gpt
I never say anything, replied Amy,
human
But there can be nothing said that you can care about,
gpt
Yes, indeed, there is, generally, answered Amy.
human
I like to hear about all their children, and I like to hear them tell mamma about their being ill and poor. I don't mean that I wish them to be ill and poor, but it is very nice to see how mamma comforts them, and it gives me pleasure to hear her talk to Mr Walton about them; and when I go home, the cottage always seems so much larger and more comfortable than it did before. I never wish then that we had a larger house and more servants.
gpt
And do you ever wish so now?
human
I am afraid I do wish it very often; but I know it is so wrong that it makes me very unhappy.
gpt
Wrong! exclaimed Dora;
human
Mamma says the same, replied Amy,
gpt
That is so silly, said Dora;
human
Yes, replied Miss Morton,
gpt
There can be no harm in houses and servants,
human
Only, said Miss Morton,
gpt
Then what would you have people think of and long for?
human
I think if persons were quite good as they ought to be, all their wishes would be for the blessings which are promised us in the Bible, and that they would care no more for earthly grandeur than a person who is passing through a foreign country does for what he may see there, when he has much better things at home.
gpt
What, exclaimed Dora,
human
Perhaps, said Miss Morton,
gpt
That is just what mamma would say, observed Amy;
human
It would not be possible for any one at your age to feel like a grown-up person who has had a great many trials, replied Emily;
gpt
I don't see what that has to do with it,
human
If the poor people we visit are happy, replied Emily,
gpt
Do you really think so? said Dorn, gravely;
human
I wonder whether it would make me happier.
gpt
Will you try? asked Miss Morton, eagerly.
human
Will you, if Mrs Harrington has no objection, go with me some day, and see the poor people? Mr Walton has often said he wished you would.
gpt
Oh Dora! do go, exclaimed Amy;
human
I should be so delighted if you knew them all, as mamma and I do.
gpt
I don't know, answered Dora;
human
But just try, persisted Amy;
gpt
Ah! but mamma's 'No' is different from aunt Herbert's, replied Dora;
human
No.