human
And her manners, Mother, are almost unbelievably improved. I really had quite a shock the other day, she confessed after her last visit.
gpt
Several teachers told me that Blue Bonnet would undoubtedly have received the medal for the greatest general improvement at the end of the year had she entered in September. I wish you might have seen her enter the reception-room. Her whole bearing is changed. She has dropped that hoydenish, tomboyish manner that was so offensive when she returned from the ranch. She neither waved, nor called to me from the head of the stairs as she came down, but positively glided into the room with ease and distinction.
human
Blue Bonnet is growing into a young woman now, Mrs. Clyde answered.
gpt
She is leaving the hoydenish period. She will emerge, butterfly-like, from her chrysalis. I have never doubted it for a moment. There is a time for all things.
human
Something else pleased me, too, Miss Clyde went on.
gpt
Blue Bonnet seems to have made desirable friends among teachers and pupils. They all like her--even that odd room-mate, whom, you remember, she was predestined to hate. I confess I thought her rather impossible, myself; but Miss Cross seems to have blossomed out suddenly, and Blue Bonnet says--to use her own expression, 'she is not half bad.'
human
Does Blue Bonnet still call her 'the cross?'
gpt
Yes, and declares that she has taken up 'her cross' and is 'bearing it cheerfully'--whatever that may mean. Blue Bonnet loves figures of speech. Her comparisons are really very amusing sometimes. I hardly know what to make of her sudden tolerance of this girl; whether it is a case of propinquity, duty, or over-generousness on Blue Bonnet's part. At any rate, she seems to have espoused the cause of the cross, nobly.
human
Bless her dear heart, Mrs. Clyde murmured Softly.
gpt
The world will never end for Blue Bonnet at her own doorstep. She has a real genius for friendship. I am glad she finds her room-mate pleasant. I feared from her letters that she never would.
human
Something has happened to change her mind, Miss Clyde said shrewdly.
gpt
The girl's personality never appealed to Blue Bonnet. I rather suspect that Blue Bonnet feels that she needs friends. She has been very unpopular, I understand.