human
Welcome, strangers! welcome!
gpt
Thank you! replied the younger of the two, in a lively kind of way, notwithstanding his weariness and trouble.
human
This is quite another greeting than we have met with yonder in the village. Pray, why do you live in such a bad neighborhood?
gpt
Ah! observed old Philemon, with a quiet and benign smile,
human
Providence put me here, I hope, among other reasons, in order that I may make you what amends I can for the inhospitality of my neighbors.
gpt
Well said, old father! cried the traveler, laughing;