human
I like it heah, evah so much, she announced, as she followed her father and mother into the dining-room.
gpt
Did you ask in the office, Papa Jack, when the girls would be back?
human
Yes, they have gone to Amboise. They will be home before dark. I am sorry you missed taking that trip with them, Lloyd. It is one of the most interesting châteaux around here in my opinion. Mary, Queen of Scots, went there a bride. There she was forced to watch the Hugenots being thrown over into the river. Leonardo da Vinci is buried there, and Charles VIII. was killed there by bumping his head against a low doorway.
gpt
Oh, deah! sighed the Little Colonel,
human
Balzac, said her father, laughing.
gpt
The great French novelist. But that will not be hard. There is a statue of him on one of the principal streets, and after you have passed him every day for a week, you will think of him as an old acquaintance. Then this is the scene of one of Scott's novels--'Quentin Durward.' And the good St. Martin lived here. There is a church to his memory. He is the patron saint of the place. At the châteaux you will get into a tangle of history, for their chief interest is their associations with the old court life.
human
Where is Hero?
gpt
He's in the pahlah, stretched out on a rug, answered Lloyd.
human
It's cool and quiet in there with the blinds down. The landlady's daughtah said no one went in there often, in the middle of the day, so nobody would disturb him, and he'd not disturb anybody. He's all tiahed out, comin' so far on the cars. May I go walkin' with him aftah awhile, mothah?
gpt
Oh, it's perfectly safe, he answered.
human
She could go alone here as well as in Lloydsboro Valley, and with Hero she could have nothing to fear.
gpt
I want you to rest awhile first, said Mrs. Sherman.
human
At four o'clock you may go.