human
There can be nothing very bad, thought Miss Symes to herself.
gpt
My dear friend will soon see that the charitable feeling which prompted her to receive those girls into the house was really but another sign of her true nobility of character.
human
So you really saw them at their funny home, Craigie Muir?
gpt
Yes; I spent a week there,
human
And had a jolly good time, I guess?
gpt
Not such a very good time, answered Fanny,
human
Oh! don't let's bother about the time Fanny spent in that remote part of Scotland, said Olive.
gpt
Do tell us about the girls themselves, Fan. It's so unusual for any girls to come straight into the upper school, and also to put in an appearance in the middle of term. Are they very Scotch, to begin with?
human
No, hardly at all, replied Fanny.
gpt
Miss Vivian only took the pretty little cottage in which they live a year ago.
human
I am glad they are not too Scotch, remarked Susie;
gpt
I don't see that for a single moment, remarked Olive.
human
For my part, I love Scotch lassies; and as to Irish colleens, they're simply adorable.
gpt
Well, well, go on with your description, Fan,
human
I can tell you they are quite remarkable-looking, replied Fanny.
gpt
Betty is the eldest. She is a regular true sort of Betty, up to no end of larks and fun; but sometimes she gets very depressed. I think she is rather dark, but I am not quite sure; she is also somewhat tall; and, oh, she is wonderfully pretty! She can whistle the note of every bird that ever sang, and is devoted to wild creatures--the moor ponies and great Scotch collies and sheep-dogs. You'll be sure to like Betty Vivian.
human
Your description does sound promising, remarked Susie;
gpt
What about the others?
human
Sylvia and Hetty? I think they are two years younger than Betty. They are not a bit like her. They are rather heavy-looking girls, but still you would call them handsome. They are twins, and wonderfully like each other. Sylvia is very tender-hearted; but Hetty--I think Hetty has the most force of character. Now, really, continued Fanny, rising from her low chair, where her chosen friends were surrounding her,
gpt
I can say nothing more about them until they come. You can't expect me, any of you, to overpraise my own relations, and, naturally, I shouldn't abuse them.
human
Why, of course not, you dear old Fan!
gpt
I must go and write a letter to father,
human
Is the dear Fan _altogether_ elated at the thought of her cousins' arrival? I put it to you, Susie, as the most observant of us all. Answer me truthfully, or for ever hold your peace.
gpt
Then I will hold my peace, replied Susie,
human
Now, don't get notions in your head, Olive, said Mary Bertram.
gpt
That is one of your faults, you know. I expect those girls will be downright jolly; and, of course, being Fan's relations, they will become members of the Specialities. That goes without saying.
human
It doesn't go without saying at all, remarked Olive.
gpt
The Specialities, as you know quite well, girls, have to stand certain tests.
human
It is my opinion, said Susie,