human
Don't wiggle so, Blue Bonnet, she commanded, as that young person squirmed under the rigorous treatment she was receiving.
gpt
I'll have you looking like a Chinaman in a minute if you don't hold still. I've got to take that eyebrow off--it slants too much. There--that's better! Isn't it, Wee? Wait a minute.
human
You have to study your subjects, she said finally,
gpt
It isn't necessary that I should look like a house afire, is it? I'm not going to have another bit, Sue, and you needn't insist. Uncle Cliff would have a fit if he could see me; and Aunt Lucinda! mercy, she'd think I was disgraced forever. Ugh! I think I look a fright!
human
But you've _got_ to do it, Blue Bonnet. Why, you'd look ghastly behind the footlights without any color. Come now--please. Wet your lips and put them out--so! There, that's fine. Wee, turn up the lights on the stage and take a look at Blue Bonnet. Go to the back of the room. See if you think she's made up too much.
gpt
Perfectly lovely! Wee called a moment later.
human
You're just b-e-a-utiful! Your best friends will never know you.
gpt
Now, do be careful, Sue cautioned as Blue Bonnet gave her seat to Helen Renwick, who stood patiently waiting, cold creamed to the proper consistency.
human
And don't, under _any_ circumstances, use your handkerchief. You'll look like a painted sunset at close range if you do. Grease paint's terribly smeary. Please be careful, won't you?
gpt
Oh, Wee, she said,
human
I'm scared to death! I believe I'm threatened with stage fright. Do you know how it comes on? Feel my hands.
gpt
Absurd! Wee said.
human
Did you think you caught it--like measles or chicken-pox?
gpt
I think it's caught _me_, Wee. I feel so sort of choky--and queer.
human
You'll get over it. Don't worry. You look too sweet for words. Take a peek at the stage. It's a dream.