human
I'll go around and see George Washington, if you don't mind, she said.
gpt
Hasn't it been just the loveliest afternoon, the kind you're always hoping for but never really expect to have, with a sigh of rapture. She patted Mr. Jerry's arm lovingly.
human
Isn't Miss Thorley a darling! She told me all about that Independence. It isn't a witch as you thought, Mr. Jerry, it's something about wanting to pay her own bills and live alone. I don't understand it, she frowned,
gpt
She doesn't know, he said briefly.
human
Take it from me, Mary Rose, that Independence is an old witch, and she's enchanted more girls than you could count.
gpt
If Miss Thorley really is enchanted, she suggested,
human
Did you? Mr. Jerry laughed.
gpt
What did she say?
human
I don't think she just agreed with me, but I'll explain it to her again.
gpt
You're the little girl for the canary? she said.
human
I was wondering--Mother Johnson seems to have taken a fancy to you--and I wondered if you would go out for a little walk with her every morning. I'll pay you ten cents a day.
gpt
Why, of course, I'd be glad to,
human
That will be splendid. You see she won't go by herself and I have my own engagements. The doctor said she must have some exercise, sighed Mrs. Johnson, as if the doctor had made a most unreasonable demand.
gpt
Suppose you come up tomorrow about eleven? That will give you time for a good walk before lunch.
human
I'll soon be making money enough to send for Solomon, Mary Rose told Mrs. Donovan, her voice trembling with excitement.
gpt
There's ten cents a day from Grandma Johnson and ten cents from Mrs. Bracken for washing the breakfast dishes and a quarter from Miss Thorley. Why, Aunt Kate, I never thought there was so much money in the world as what I'm going to earn by myself!
human
There's no one in the house can be cross to her,