human
I am anxious, said Mrs. Grey.
gpt
Dear Charlotte, only suppose he were to be really ill!
human
We won't suppose it,
gpt
Come to the commissary department, Adjutant Wythie, she said, with a pathetic smile.
human
We mustn't forget that Cousin Peace, as well as more turbulent people, must be fed.
gpt
Cousin Peace, I'm glad to get you to myself for a few minutes; you know everything, you have ideas in your finger-tips, said Rob, laying her bright head on Miss Charlotte's knee.
human
What shall I do to earn money? I'm only sixteen, and untrained. I've read--thank goodness, Patergrey and Mardy took care to give me the best books and a liking for them, and I really do know lots of things other girls don't know, but they know lots of things I don't--schoolbook things, you see. Now, what is there that sort of a young person could do to make her fortune and her family's?
gpt
You ought to have special training in something, and, above all, you ought to be older before you begin, Rob dear, she said.
human
Is there any new reason for haste, any fresh pressure?
gpt
There may be. Mardy heard that some of her investments might pay less this winter, and you know how she has to struggle at best to keep us warmed and clad and fed, said Rob.
human
I must help her. If I don't find a way some day to make up to that brave, dear, blessed soul for all her hard times, then I'm not the girl I hope I am. It makes me just wild to be useless! I'll get luxury for her old age if I have to go about with a hand-organ and a monkey! And if I can't grind the organ, I'll be the monkey,