human
It's not much to forgive 'em the rent, sir, she said:
gpt
Well, well! said my Guardian to us two.
human
It is enough that the time will come when this good woman will find that it _was_ much, and that forasmuch as she did it unto the least of these--! This child, he added, after a few moments,
gpt
Really, sir, I think she might, said Mrs. Blinder, getting her heavy breath by painful degrees.
human
She's as handy as it's possible to be. Bless you, sir, the way she tended them two children, after the mother died, was the talk of the yard! And it was a wonder to see her with him after he was took ill, it really was! 'Mrs. Blinder,' he said to me the very last he spoke--he was lying there--'Mrs. Blinder, whatever my calling may have been, I see a Angel sitting in this room last night along with my child, and I trust her to Our Father!'
gpt
He had no other calling?
human
No, sir, returned Mrs. Blinder,
gpt
said Mrs. Blinder,
human
So you gave him notice?
gpt
So I gave him notice, said Mrs. Blinder.
human
But really when the time came, and I knew no other ill of him, I was in doubts. He was punctual and diligent; he did what he had to do, sir, said Mrs. Blinder, unconsciously fixing Mr. Skimpole with her eye;
gpt
So you kept him, after all?
human
Why, I said that if he could arrange with Mr. Gridley, I could arrange it with the other lodgers, and should not so much mind its being liked or disliked in the yard. Mr. Gridley gave his consent gruff--but gave it. He was always gruff with him, but he has been kind to the children since. A person is never known till a person is proved.
gpt
Have many people been kind to the children?
human
Upon the whole, not so bad, sir, said Mrs. Blinder,