human
Doesn't it make you more willing to go, Robert, to see how eager the children are for it?
gpt
I do not know, Sarah, he said.
human
Their feelings are very soon changed one way or the other. A little discomfort would soon make them unhappy. I have great fears about the rough life out there, both for them and for you.
gpt
I wish you would not think so much about that, replied Mrs. March.
human
I am convinced that you exaggerate it. I am not in the least afraid; and as for the children they are so young they would soon grow accustomed to any thing. Of course there would be no danger of our not being able to have good plain food; and that is the only real necessity.
gpt
But you seem to forget, Sarah, about schools. How are we to educate the children there?
human
Teach them ourselves, Robert, replied Mrs. March earnestly.
gpt
It will be better for them in every way. Such an out-door life as they will lead there is ten times better than all the schools in the world. Oh, Robert! if you can only be well and strong, we shall be perfectly happy. I am as eager to go as the children are.
human
Mrs. March's way was never to