human
I am sure the child is telling the truth as far as she knows it, Aunt Jessie had said to her sister-in-law that morning.
gpt
It all sounds very strange and incredible, I know, but I can't doubt the truth in those honest eyes of hers. I am really growing quite fond of her already.
human
We shall know when Donald receives the answers to the letters he sent to the Home in Oakland and to the dressmaker.
gpt
You are hemming much better to-day, she said in a tone of satisfaction;
human
I am sure Mother will say you have improved.
gpt
I hope she will--oh, I do hope so! she said eagerly.
human
She is so dear, and I want to please her so much, but I'm afraid I'm very stupid.
gpt
You are not stupid at all, declared Marjorie loyally.
human
You are much cleverer than I am about lots of things. It isn't your fault if you've never been taught to sew.
gpt
There wasn't any time to learn at Miss Brent's, said Undine;
human
I don't know, said Marjorie thoughtfully;
gpt
No, nor to write either. It's very queer about the things I remember and those I don't. Mr. Jackson used to asked me a great many questions, and he wrote down some of the things I told him, to show to a society he belonged to. Once a very funny thing happened. I had taken a dress home to a lady, and was waiting in the hall while she tried it on, to see if it had to go back for any alterations. There were some people in the parlor talking French. I don't know how I knew it was French, but I did, and I understood almost everything they said. I told Mr. Jackson, and he was so interested. He made me tell Miss Brent, too, and he wanted her to put another advertisement in the newspapers, but she said she hadn't any money to waste in advertising, and that if I had any relatives they would have come for me long ago.
human
It's the most interesting thing I ever heard of in my life, declared Marjorie.
gpt
Aunt Jessie says she is sure your friends must have been educated people, because you never make mistakes in grammar.
human
I'm glad your aunt thinks that, she said.
gpt
I should hate to talk in the way some of the girls at Miss Brent's did. They used to laugh at me and call me stuck up, but I didn't want to be like them. I hate rough girls. I dream about my mother sometimes, and I know she would be sorry to have me grow up rough and coarse.
human
It seems so strange that you can't even remember your mother, said Marjorie, reflectively.
gpt
I can't imagine that anything could possibly happen to me that would make me forget Mother.
human
I don't know, she said, wearily;
gpt
I don't know anything. Oh, Marjorie, it frightens me so sometimes.
human
Never mind, she said, soothingly;
gpt
Miss Brent thinks all my people must have been killed in the earthquake, said Undine, with a sigh.
human
That might be the reason why nobody ever came to look for me. They say more people were killed than any one knew about. If I could only remember the very least thing that happened before, but I can't; it's just as if I came alive for the first time that day in the hospital. Oh, here comes your aunt; I'll go and help her with her chair.