human
No news is good news, Mrs. Donovan, Mr. Jerry insisted.
gpt
Mary Rose is all right. No one could harm her.
human
I wish I could believe that. Mrs. Donovan had lost control of herself and was sobbing bitterly.
gpt
Here it is after ten o'clock an' we don't know where the little thing is. Seems if bad luck was taggin' her. It isn't a week since her bird was stolen and now--
human
Nothing's happened to her, repeated Mrs. Schuneman with a poor attempt at firmness.
gpt
Nothing could happen to a child like Mary Rose. It's when you're looking for trouble that trouble comes, Mrs. Donovan, and Mary Rose never looked for trouble. She was too busy looking for friends.
human
That's what she always said, exclaimed Grandma Johnson;
gpt
And she found it, too, Mrs. Schuneman declared quickly.
human
Yes, she did. She looked deep enough to find the pleasantness we didn't know was there because we'd covered it up with so much disagreeableness. I'm not ashamed to admit that she made me see that so long as you live in a world with other people you owe some obligation to be agreeable to them. If each of us did our share, as Mary Rose was always asking us to do, we'd find this world a friendlier place than it is.
gpt
She must have said that to me a hundred times, sniffled Miss Adams.
human
I knew she was right all the time but I wouldn't say so.
gpt
It's easy to get out of the habit of being friendly in the city, murmured Mrs. Matchan.
human
It's different in the country.
gpt
I guess it's much the same, city or country. If she hadn't found Germania for me I'd have been in an asylum by now, asserted Mrs. Schuneman.
human
There I was all by myself and while a bird isn't a human being, it's a lot of company. And it's through Germania and Mary Rose that I've got acquainted with all of you.
gpt
If it hadn't been for Mary Rose I doubt if Mr. Bracken would have asked me to go for Harriet,