human
I couldn’t leave Mamsey,
gpt
But Mam’selle does not want you! Mrs. Lindsay said almost brutally, seeing that she had succeeded only too well in preserving this girl for Jo.
human
You have no right to become a burden, Donelle, when you have the opportunity of independence.
gpt
Am I a burden?
human
This is temperament run mad! exclaimed Alice Lindsay.
gpt
I have a great mind to take you by force, Donelle. I will if Mam’selle gives the word.
human
You won’t though, will you, Mamsey?
gpt
You see, I couldn’t play if I were dragged. When I’m dragged I can never do anything. I wish I could tell you how sorry I am and how much I love you; but I am so tired. When I got to thinking of Mamsey here alone, and the Walled House closed, why——
human
Listen, dear! she said in her old, gentle tones;
gpt
I’ve lived enough with natures like yours to understand them. Stay with Mam’selle this winter, Donelle, and think your way out. You have a clear mind, you will see that what we all want to do for you is right. In the spring I will return, we’ll have another summer in the Walled House. A year from now all will be safe and right. The trip abroad can wait, everything shall wait, for you. Now will you be good, Donelle?
human
Oh! how I thank you, she said,
gpt
Knew what, Donelle?
human
Why, how I could not live away off there, even with you, if I remembered Mamsey sitting here making the best of the bits that are left.