human
Don't mind what I said, girlie, he continued, stroking her bowed head and looking into the slowly dying fire as if it contained a prophecy.
gpt
It was an inadvartance. And then rising and lifting the girl tenderly, he added,
human
We'd best go to bed now, Lissy, an' mebbe Mr. Page, bein' a lawyer, can 'splain matters to Telly.
gpt
I am a trifle puzzled and a little disappointed, Telly, at the way you feel about this inheritance. It is rightfully yours and will enable you to do much for the future comfort of those you are devoted to. I had hoped, also, it would relieve your feeling of obligation a little.
human
No money can do that, she answered quickly,
gpt
Still the same Chinese wall of filial duty,
human
But won't this money do more for them than you can, Telly? Is there any need of his remaining here to putter over lobster traps and drive a wagon, rain or shine? He is getting too old for that, anyway. Why not build a home for them in Boston, or better still, share ours there?
gpt
We haven't a home there yet,
human
But we will have, darling, he answered quickly, seizing the opening,
gpt
he added hurriedly, as if to forestall any negation,
human
Do not say 'no' again, Telly! Do not rob yourself and me of love and home and happiness any longer! Make what plans for them you wish; do as you will with your heritage; all I plead for is you. Must I be deprived of my hoped-for happiness.