human
She's a little wilful thing, Keane, the General was saying,
gpt
I don't. I am sick of those conventional young ladies who agree with everything one says to them--who keep all the frowns for mothers and servants, and are as serene as a cloudless sky abroad, smile blandly on all alike, and haven't an opinion of their own.
human
Fay's plenty of opinions of her own, chuckled the General;
gpt
I hope not. Your little niece can do things that no other young lady could and they are so pretty in her that it would be a thousand pities for her to grow one atom less natural and wilful. Grapes growing wild are charming--grapes trained to a stake are ruined. I assure you, if I were you, I would not scold her for driving those colts to-day. High spirits and love of fun led her on, and the courage and presence of mind she displayed are too rare among her sex for us to do right in checking them.
human
To be sure, to be sure, assented the governor, gleefully.
gpt
God bless the child, she's one among a thousand, sir. Cognac, not milk and water. There's the dinner-bell; confound it.
human
Ah, Snowdrop, I don't hate him any more; he is a darling!