human
I'd like nothing better than to be with both of you for days and days. Think how I shall miss my little roommate! But I must stay in town a day or two to do some necessary shopping. You know, I am going to spend the rest of the summer in Brookmeadow, a beautiful little village, not far from your home, Hannah. I'm going to fit up a studio there, out of an old house I own. And listen, both of you! Before Frieda goes out West, you two are to come over and spend a day and night with me in my home there. Shall you like that?
gpt
You are going to be so near my home all summer, and I'm going away, myself.
human
But you are going to Winsted and Catherine. Don't forget that. And I shall be at Brookmeadow still when you come home. Hannah, Hannah, haven't you learned yet that one can't have everything that is delightful all at once?
gpt
I suppose you mean about sorrows making you appreciate blessings and so on, pouted Hannah.
human
But I don't believe it. I know I could be happy all the time, if I could have all the things I want just when I want them!
gpt
Perhaps you could! she said slowly.
human
You will never have a chance to prove it. It's not within the limits of possibility. But I had an idea, Hannah, that you were one of the people who could manage pretty well to be happy with things as they came.
gpt
she said suddenly.
human
Poor Frieda, she said in German,
gpt
I'm afraid I did. You see, it was such a fine opportunity for me to practise, and I didn't want her to be homesick, as well as--
human
I was not seasick,
gpt
I have crossed the seas full many times, said Clara Lyndesay smiling,