human
I hope you give me credit for my management, Margaret, said Lucy.
gpt
We have had a happy escape.
human
I don't know, replied Margaret;
gpt
Why, I should like to know? Why should anything more be said if we keep our own counsel?
human
But Emily Morton, replied Margaret,
gpt
If she does, answered Lucy,
human
But if mamma should ask us any more questions, we could not tell a story about it, you know.
gpt
Did I tell one just now? asked Miss Cunningham.
human
Was not every word exactly the truth?
gpt
Yes, said Margaret;
human
Never mind Dora, replied Lucy;
gpt
It is not just as I wished, though, repeated Margaret, rather angrily;
human
Certainly that is disagreeable, said Lucy;
gpt
No, indeed, exclaimed Margaret;
human
I would suffer anything first. I should say nothing about it, if Emily Morton were not going.
gpt
But that is the very point, urged Miss Cunningham.
human
It is the principal reason we have for being silent. London--think of London, Margaret;--and nothing would induce me to go if Miss Morton went too. How much you would miss me if I were not there.
gpt
To be sure, replied Margaret, after a short pause,
human
Certainly not; let us leave her to herself; and when she is once out of the house everything will go right.