human
Trust a cat to carry his point! cried Rob.
gpt
That chair is Kiku's, and Kiku will have it, whether Cousin Peace or a down pillow is in it.
human
We're off for dogwood, Kiku-san, said Prue, laying her cheek on the cat for a farewell.
gpt
And we'll bring it home with plenty of bark for bad kittens.
human
They are fine boys, Mary, and there are no girls so sweet and pretty as our Grey ones. Do you ever wonder if a lifelong affection, of a stronger sort, may grow out of this beautiful triple friendship?
gpt
I suppose it would be impossible not to dream of it, Charlotte, but Wythie and Rob are simple girls, and too unconscious to dream of it themselves, said their mother.
human
I should be glad if it were to be. Yes, I do think of it, and I realize my girls are hovering on the verge of womanhood. They have been too busy, too home-keeping, to cross the line early. Sometimes I think Basil and Bruce, with their half a year advance of Wythie and Rob, are already building a little romance, and I see that Basil finds Wythie just about perfect in all ways, as Bruce evidently considers all other girls mere sawdust beside bright Robin, but it all lies folded in the future, and no one can foresee. It would be a lovely little idyl, and I dare to hope for it; almost to feel sure it will come some day.
gpt
I think it will,