human
It's all settled, she began, with a restful sigh.
gpt
We have discussed it for weeks, and I've had a dreadful time of it, and aunty--my Mexican aunty, you know--and my other aunty, my regular aunty--I have no mother--and everybody--got so excited I didn't really know them for my own, and daddy flared up a little, and--and-- She paused and sighed again.
human
But finally they let me have my own way about it--though daddy called it 'infant tommyrot'--and so here it is! She tilted up his head and looked into his eyes.
gpt
You, sir, she then went on--
human
Then came the tears.
gpt
But that isn't all, Pat dear, she went on, tenderly.
human
I have something else to tell you, though it hurts dreadfully for me to do it. But--but I'm going away to school. I'm going East, to be gone a long time. I want to go, though, she added, gazing soberly into his eyes;
gpt
Which was where the tears fell.
human
If things--things could only be--be put off! But I--I know they can't! She was silent, silent a long time, gazing off toward the distant mountains through tear-bedimmed eyes.
gpt
But when I do come back, she concluded, finally, brightening,
human
And she hugged him convulsively.
gpt
It will be glorious. Won't it?