human
I don't see how you can be lonesome when there are people above you and below you and in front of you and behind you and right across from you. Why, you're almost entirely surrounded by neighbors, she cried, as if Miss Adams could not be almost entirely surrounded by anything more desirable.
gpt
There are almost as many people in this house as there are in the Presbyterian Church in Mifflin and no one was ever lonely there except on week days. Don't you like your neighbors?
human
I don't know them,
gpt
You don't know the people who live right next door to you! Mary Rose had never heard of such a situation.
human
Why, when the Jenkses moved from Prairieville Mrs. Mullins, who'd never set eyes on one of them before, took over a pan of hot gingerbread so she could get acquainted right away. Of course the people here are all moved in, but you could borrow an egg or a cup of molasses, couldn't you? And take it back right away. That would give you two excuses to call.
gpt
I couldn't do that. Miss Adams shivered at the mere thought.
human
It isn't that I care to know any of them, Mary Rose, only--it makes me so mad that I don't!
gpt
Couldn't you ask about a pattern or what to do for a cold in the head or how to get red ants off of a plant? But you haven't any plants. Wouldn't you feel more friendly if you had a beautiful pink geranium growing in your window?
human
There isn't sun enough in this flat to keep a geranium alive,
gpt
Of course, no one can have the sun all the time, she said gently, as if to excuse old Sol for not lingering longer in Miss Adams' small apartment.
human
I'll let you have Jenny Lind for a while tomorrow, she suggested after a moment of frowning thought.
gpt
She'll cheer you up.