human
It is at night that my father is the most perfect of all, she said.
gpt
I wish you could see him when he comes into my room. I am in bed, you know, lying down flat on my back, and mostly thinking about the angels. I do that a lot at night, I have no time in the day; I think of the angels, and Lord Jesus Christ, and heaven, and then father comes in. He opens the door soft, and he treads on tiptoe for fear I'm asleep, as if I could be! And then he kisses me, and I think in the whole of heaven there can never be an angel so good and beautiful as he is, and he says something to me which keeps me strong until the next night, when he says something else.
human
But your mother? stammered Rochester. He was about to add,
gpt
She would go to your room, would she not?
human
Oh, you're thinking about my perfect mother, too, said Sibyl.
gpt
Yes, she is perfect, but there are different sorts in the world. My own mother thinks it is not good for me to lie awake at night and think of the angels and wait for father. She thinks that I ought to bear the yoke in my youth. Solomon, the wise King Solomon--you have heard of him, haven't you?
human
He wrote that verse about bearing the yoke when you are young. I learnt it a week ago, and I felt it just 'splained about my mother. It's really very brave of mother; but, you see, father thinks different, and, of course, I nat'rally like father's way best. Mother's way is the goodest for me, p'waps. Don't you think mother's way is the goodest for me, Mr. Rochester?
gpt
I dare say it is good for you, Sibyl. Now, shall we go and find Lady Helen?
human
Seems to me, said Sibyl,
gpt
I'm always looking for Lady Helen when I'm with you. Is it 'cos you're so desperate fond of her?
human
Don't you like her yourself?
gpt
Like her? I like her just awfully. She's the most 'licious person to tell stories I ever comed across in all my borned days. She tells every sort of story about giants and fairies and adventures, and stories of little girls just like me. Does she tell you stories about men just like you, and is that why you like to be with her?
human
Well, I can't honestly say that she has ever yet told me a story, but I will ask her to do so.
gpt
Do, said Sibyl;