human
Now, if you will be good for five minutes, said the Major,
gpt
I will show you something really beautiful.
human
I can see that, answered she, with the most charming impudence,
gpt
Be it so: but look here, and see what an exquisite world there is, of which you never dream; and which behaves a great deal better in its station than the world of which you do dream!
human
Don't be angry with me, mon Saint Père.
gpt
Don't be naughty, then, _ma chère enfant_
human
Do come and look, Mr. Vavasour, at this exquisite little glass fairy, like--I cannot tell what like, but a pure spirit hovering in some nun's dream! Come!
gpt
Where did you find the fairy, mon Saint Père?
human
I had no such good fortune. Mr. Thurnall, the doctor, gave it me.
gpt
Thurnall? said she, while Elsley kept still looking, to hide cheeks which were growing very red.
human
He is such a clever man, they say. Where did you meet him? I have often thought of asking Mr. Vavasour to invite him up for an evening with his microscope. He seems so superior to the people round him. It would be a charity, really, Mr. Vavasour.
gpt
I shall be only too delighted, if you wish it.
human
You will wish it yourself a second time, chimed in Campbell,
gpt
Know anything of him--I! I assure you not, save that he attends Mrs. Vavasour and the children,