human
So, she said sneeringly,
gpt
Mother was asleep, and she is not afraid of thunder like me. When that dreadful flash of lightning came, I dared not stay alone in the house.
human
Are you a bit safer, think you, here? sneered the witch-like woman.
gpt
It was monstrous kind of you to leave your poor old mother exposed to danger, while you run away from it like a coward! A bad excuse, however, I've heard, is better than none. In your case I think it worse.
human
I did not think of that, said Sophy, with unaffected simplicity, rising to go.
gpt
Mother never cares for it, but it makes me tremble from head to foot, and almost drives me beside myself. I can't tell why, but it has always been so with me ever since I was a little child.