human
And so, my Porges, if we have to say 'Good-bye' now,--the sooner we shall meet again,--some day--somewhere.
gpt
Does--she--know you're going,--I mean my Auntie Anthea?
human
Oh yes, she knows, Porges.
gpt
Then I s'pose that's why she was crying so, in the night--
human
Crying?
gpt
Yes;--she's cried an awful lot lately, hasn't she? Last night,--when I woke up, you know, an' couldn't sleep, I went into her room, an' she was crying--with her face hidden in the pillow, an' her hair all about her--
human
Crying!
gpt
Yes; an' she said she wished she was dead. So then, a course, I tried to comfort her, you know. An' she said 'I'm a dreadful failure, Georgy dear, with the farm, an' everything else. I've tried to be a father and mother to you, an' I've failed in that too,--so now, I'm going to give you a real father,'--an' she told me she was going to marry--Mr. Cassilis. But I said 'No'--'cause I'd 'ranged for her to marry you an' live happy ever after. But she got awful angry again an' said she'd never marry you if you were the last man in the world--'cause she 'spised you so--
human
And that would seem to--settle it! nodded Bellew gloomily,
gpt
Oh!--but wait a minute! cried Small Porges eagerly,
human
I haven't told you what the Moon said to me, last night--
gpt
Ah!--to be sure, we were forgetting that!
human
Why then--please sit down again, so I can speak into your ear, 'cause what the Moon told me to tell you was a secret, you know.