human
I can see you are very happy,
gpt
Indeed I ought to be. Life is gloriously worth living, when it is lived in the presence of good and generous souls.
human
I wish _I_ had married,
gpt
It is not too late to mend,
human
How reckless you are! exclaimed her sister.
gpt
How can you recommend marriage in the abstract? You happen to have met just the right person, but Mr. Fleming hasn't, it would seem.
human
If one person can be so fortunate, so can another,
gpt
Why tempt Providence? Rather bear the ills you have----
human
I am surprised to hear you take a gloomy view of anything, Mrs. Temperley, said Joseph;
gpt
I always thought you so cheerful. You say funnier things than any lady I have ever met, except an Irish girl who used to sing comic songs.
human
How do you know that, in the intervals of her comic songs, that girl has not a gloomy disposition?
gpt
Oh no, you can see that she is without a care in the world; she is like Miss Fullerton, always full of good cheer and kindness.
human
Had she also slums to cheer her up?
gpt
No, not at all. She never does anything in particular.
human
I am surprised that she is cheerful then, said Algitha.
gpt
It won't last.
human
It is her slums that keep my sister in such good spirits,
gpt
Really! Well, if you are fond of that sort of thing, Mrs. Temperley, there are some nasty enough places at the lower end of Craddock----
human
Oh, it isn't that one clings to slums for slums' sake,
gpt
I am afraid they are already overrun with visitors, Joseph added.
human
There are so many Miss Walkers.