human
What is baching it?
gpt
Ask your father: he'll tell you,
human
What is it, papa?
gpt
I suppose it is for a man to live all alone, without any wife. You know they call unmarried men 'old bachelors,' after they get to be thirty or thirty-five. But I never heard the word before.
human
Oh! said Rob;
gpt
Well, said the Deacon;
human
Oh, I think it's splendid!
gpt
So do I, said Nelly.
human
It's perfectly beautiful!
gpt
Ain't it a comfort, Mrs. March, said Mrs. Plummer,
human
We don't either, cried Rob;
gpt
I hate some places I've seen. But this is splendid. Just you look at those rocks: you bet I'll pitch 'em down! I'm going up on to every one of the highest rocks I can find.
human
Oh, Rob! you'll break your neck, said Mrs. March.
gpt
I shall not allow you to climb, unless your father is with you.
human
Now, mamma
gpt
There 'tis! That's like the picture. And there's the barn! I saw it first! Oh, hurry! hurry!