human
I wonder what can be keeping her so late? she said, as she returned.
gpt
This is not a busy time, and she said that she would be early home. Sometimes she is very late on Saturday night.
human
And so you are very glad to see me, Lily?
gpt
And you are very poor now, are you?
human
Yes, we are poor; and, yet, not so very poor, either. We have had some work to do, my mother and I; and we have never been a whole day without food. If Archie were only well again! That's our worst trouble, now. And mother, too, though she won't own to being ill, often gets very weary. But now that you are come, all will be well again.
gpt
And maybe you'll take us all home to Glen Elder for a wee while, as you used to do,
human
Archie so pines for the country, said Lilias;
gpt
My home now is very unlike Glen Elder, said Mrs Blair, sadly.
human
But there is fresh air there, and there are bonny heather hills; so cheer up, Archie, laddie; it will go hard with me if I canna get you to Kirklands for a while at least, and you'll be strong and well before winter yet.
gpt
Archie is thinking that, maybe, he'll never be well again, said his sister.
human
The doctor says he may be a cripple all his life.
gpt
It was the fever. Archie was ill with the fever all the winter; and when the spring came he didn't get strong again, as we had hoped, and the disease settled in his knee. The doctor said if he could have got away into the country he might have grown strong again. And maybe it's not too late yet, added the little girl, eagerly.
human
I'm sure the very sight of the hills, these bonny summer days, might make one strong and well.
gpt
Well, he'll get a sight of the hills before very long, I trust; and I don't despair of seeing him strong and well yet,