human
I've never had you alone before, he stammered,
gpt
You have helped me in my problems more than I can possibly have aided you, Mrs. Carey replied quietly.
human
Gilbert was so rebellious about country schools, so patronizing, so scornful of their merits, that I fully expected he would never stay at the academy of his own free will. You have converted him, and I am very grateful.
gpt
Meantime I am making a record there, said Ralph,
human
quoted Mrs. Carey, pointing to Olive's inscription under the mantelpiece.
gpt
For you the hearth fire glows!
human
Have I not felt it from the beginning? asked Ralph.
gpt
I never knew my mother, Mrs. Carey, and few women have come into my life; I have been too poor and too busy to cultivate their friendship. Then I came to Beulah and you drew me into your circle; admitted an unknown, friendless fellow into your little group! It was beautiful; it was wonderful!
human
What are mothers for, but to do just that, and more than all, for the motherless boys?
gpt
Well, I may never again have the courage to say it, so just believe me when I say your influence will be the turning-point in my life. I will never, so help me God, do anything to make me unworthy to sit in this fireglow! So long as I have brains and hands to work with, I will keep striving to create another home like this when my time comes. Any girl that takes me will get a better husband because of you; any children I may be blessed with will have a better father because I have known you. Don't make any mistake, dear Mrs. Carey, your hearth fire glows a long, long distance!