human
Oh, Barbara, I'll leave Mr. Harding to you now, said the old gentleman.
gpt
I'm going to my study--I must write some letters.
human
Has uncle shown you everything?
gpt
I should think so.
human
It's a fine place, isn't it?
gpt
Very fine, and very big, said Harding slowly.
human
Very empty, and ghostly, and dead.
gpt
Oh, you don't like it! I thought it would be different to you. I thought it would seem like home, since it belonged to your own people.
human
Home, sweet home! he answered with a queer smile.
gpt
Well, it is a fine place, as you say. And what have you been doing all the morning?
human
Housekeeping, said Barbara.
gpt
And now --she set down a small basket of keys on the hall table, as if she were preparing for action--
human
I'll stay for that if you'll allow me, said Reynold.
gpt
I remember what you told me last night. It is _the_ time, and the world stands still when it stops.
human
For me, not for you, the girl replied.
gpt
You have your watch--you don't believe in the big clock.
human
Yes, I do. Here, in Mitchelhurst, what does one want with any but Mitchelhurst time? What have I to do with Greenwich? But as for Mitchelhurst, your uncle has talked to me till I feel as if I were all the Rothwells who ever lived here. Why, what's this? Sunshine!
gpt
Yes, said Barbara.
human
It's going to clear up.