human
Wasn't it a fine party, Uncle Cliff?
gpt
Splendid, Honey! I'm very grateful to the We Are Sevens.
human
Oh, you needn't be. They adored doing it. They admire you terribly, Uncle Cliff, terribly!
gpt
Society has never been much in my line, Honey; but I've enjoyed to-night more than I can tell you. It was very pleasant to be so nicely entertained. I hardly realize what a lonely life I lead until I get in the midst of so much merriment. It does one good to let down the bars and loosen up the reins occasionally. I've almost made up my mind to turn the ranch over to Uncle Joe next winter and take a house in Boston. Would you like that, Blue Bonnet? Or, if you are still in school, I might manage to exist in a hotel until you finish. I know that you can't desert Grandmother for the ranch again.
human
I feel it is a great deal to ask, she said,
gpt
Uncle Cliff! she gasped,
human
I really truly mean it, Honey. Life's too short for these long separations.
gpt
But we're not going to give up the ranch altogether, Uncle Cliff? We couldn't, you know!
human
No, not altogether, Honey. I reckon the summers will find us there pretty regularly; and there's Gabriel now, remember. We can't desert the little fellow when he needs us so.
gpt
We wouldn't desert the Blue Bonnet ranch anyway--under any circumstances. We'll just be commuters, and sort of vibrate between our old home and the new--then we'll all be happy.