human
Nannie!
gpt
Oh, I am so glad you've come! Nannie said. She made a helpless gesture.
human
Elizabeth, what _shall_ I do with everything?
gpt
Of course her dresses Harris will give away--
human
Oh no! Elizabeth interrupted, shrinking.
gpt
Don't give them to a servant.
human
But, poor Nannie protested,
gpt
She held out a discolored pasteboard box broken at the corners and with no lid; a pair of onyx earrings lay in the faded blue cotton.
human
I never saw her wear them but once, and they are _so_ ugly,
gpt
Nannie, Elizabeth said,
human
I want to ask you something. That certificate Mrs. Maitland gave Blair: what made her give it to him?
gpt
What made her give it to him? Why, love, of course! Don't you suppose Mamma loved Blair better than anybody in the world, even if he did--displease her?
human
Uncle thinks you may have influenced her to give it to him.
gpt
I did not!
human
Did you suggest it to her, Nannie?
gpt
I asked her once, while she was ill, wouldn't she please be nice to Blair,--if you call that suggesting! As for the certificate, that last morning she sort of woke up, and told me to bring it to her to sign. And I did.