human
I know how to wash dishes, Aunt Kate. Mary Rose was in a fever to begin.
gpt
I washed them for Lena and no one could be more particular than she was. We got our hot water out of a kettle instead of a pipe. She watched with interest the water run steaming from the faucet.
human
Wouldn't it be grand if Mrs. Bracken had a little girl so we could wash dishes together? I don't mind doing them all by myself a bit, Aunt Kate. I'm glad to do it. I know there's nothing so splendid as a girl being useful. Daddy told me that and Mr. Mann, the minister, and Gladys Evans' grandmother and all the other grown-uppers. But I think the grandest part is to earn George Washington's board. It's splendid to have someone besides yourself to work for,
gpt
Where have you been, Billie boy, Billie boy? Where have you been, charming Billie? I've been to see my wife, she's the treasure of my life, She's a young thing and can't leave her mother.
human
If I didn't make a noise I'd be scared of the quiet, she thought.
gpt
I never was in a home that was so little like a home. It's because there isn't anything alive in it. There isn't even a Lady Washington geranium. She was astonished that there wasn't, for in Mifflin pots of geraniums and other plants were always to be seen in sunny windows.
human
It gives you a hollow feeling--not empty for bread and butter but for people,
gpt
Dogs and cats and birds help to make you feel friendly toward all the world. And so do plants. I guess that's true of all the things God made,