human
Didn't you feel forlorn yourself last year? retorted Dolly.
gpt
Or, if you are a dignified Junior or Senior, I suppose you have forgotten how poor little Freshmen feel, when they are dumped in with a lot of strangers. I am just like a cat in a strange garret.
human
You are no stranger than I, and the newcomer ensconced herself in the only rocking-chair that the room afforded.
gpt
I'm a Freshman like yourself, only I got here last evening. I'm Elizabeth Newby, at your service, and she made a sweeping bow.
human
I saw you come in and I thought I'd make an early call, but I _did_ suppose you would have your things off by this time.
gpt
It was awfully good of you to come, said Dolly gratefully.
human
I'll get my things off and brush up a bit. She turned and looked suddenly at her new acquaintance.
gpt
How does it come that you are not homesick? Everything must be as strange to you as it is to me, but you look jolly and happy.
human
I am, returned the other emphatically.
gpt
You may not know it, but homesickness is a luxury in which only the fortunate can indulge. I'm not troubled with it. Now tell me, can I help you with your trunk? My things are all in order. When you have fixed up your room and had Patrick put your trunk away, you will feel that you are here to stay, and you will begin to be more comfortable in your mind.
human
If you don't mind helping me then,
gpt
I want to do it. I like to be poking into other people's affairs, it keeps one from thinking.
human
Then you are homesick, after all?
gpt
No, I am not. I am only homesick because I am _not_ homesick, and that is Greek or worse to you.