human
Why do you ask this question to-night, dear?
gpt
Because, sez she in a tremblin' voice,
human
I feel that someone long gone and lost is near me to-night, I feel the presence nearer than you are now,
gpt
I am not mistaken, sez she with streaming eyes,
human
I know that in whatever world or distant way that soul may be dwellin', it is with me to-night. It frightens me! sez she, white as a cloth,
gpt
And it fills me with the blessedness of Heaven!
human
Well, well, sez I,