human
This is a nice place I think,
gpt
I'm glad you like it, said the nurse,
human
I like you, too, said Effie, with a contented sigh,
gpt
Now, she said, after she had smoothed the bed clothes and Effie's hair, and given the pillow a touch or two to make it easier,
human
A verse?
gpt
Yes, a little Bible verse.
human
Bible?
gpt
Yes, dear,--a Bible verse. Don't you know one?
human
No.
gpt
But you've seen a Bible, surely.
human
I don't know what you mean,
gpt
Why, you poor lamb, cried Nurse Johnstone,
human
I do believe you haven't! Well, and in a Christian country, too! If that ain't too bad. I'll tell you a verse this minute, you poor little thing, and to-morrow we'll see if you can't learn it. Then, very slowly and reverently, she repeated,
gpt
Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.