human
Now, she said,
gpt
If there's much discipline we shall be, said Hester,
human
There will certainly be discipline at school, said Mrs. Haddo,
gpt
Don't! It makes the lump so bad!
human
I think I have said enough on that subject for the present. I am very curious to hear all about your life on the moors--how you spent your time, and how you managed your horses and dogs and your numerous pets.
gpt
Do you really want to hear?
human
Certainly; I have said so.
gpt
Do you know, said Hetty,
human
Yes, very much. He is a sort of pet, I suppose?
gpt
He is a spider, said Betty--
human
I will come up to your room presently, and you shall show him to me. Have you brought other pets from the country?
gpt
Oh, stones and shells and bits of the moor.
human
Bits of the moor, my dear children!
gpt
Yes; we dug pieces up the day before yesterday and wrapped them in paper, and we want to plant them somewhere here. We thought they would comfort us. We'd like it awfully if you would let one of the dogs come, too. He is a great sheep-dog, and such a darling! His name is Andrew. I think Donald Macfarlane would part with him if you said we might have him.
human
I am afraid I can't just at present, dear; but if you are really good girls, and try your very best to please me, you shall go back to Donald Macfarlane in the holidays, and perhaps I will go with you, and you will show me all your favorite haunts.
gpt
Oh, will you?
human
You are quite a dear for a head mistress, said Sylvia.
gpt
We've always read in books that they are such horrors. It is nice for you to say you will come.
human
Well, now, I want to say something else, and then we'll go up to your room and see Dickie. I am going to take you three girls up to town to-morrow to buy you the sort of dresses we wear in this part of the world. You can put away these most sensible frocks for your next visit to Craigie Muir. Not a word, dears. You have said I am a very nice head mistress, and I hope you will continue to think so. Now, let us come up to your room.
gpt
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