human
I'm sure I know not how I ever got on without my lassie, she said, one day, after watching with wonder and delight the patience with which she arranged the little girls' work,--a task for which patience was greatly needed.
gpt
I shall grow to be a useless body if I let you do all that is to be done in this way. Are you not weary with your day's work, Lilias, my dear?
human
Weary! said Lilias, laughing.
gpt
I don't need to be weary, for all I have done. It's only play to hear the bairns read and spell. I like it very much.
human
But it's not play to take out and put into shape, and to sew as you have been doing for the last hour. I fear I put too much upon you, Lilias.
gpt
Oh, now you are surely laughing at me. I wish I could do ten times as much. Do I really help you, Aunt Janet?
human
Ay, more than you know, my darling. But put by your work for a night, and run down the brae, and freshen the roses that are just beginning to bloom on your cheeks. We mustn't let them grow white again, if we can help it.