human
Poor little dears! it's hard to give you up, after all.
gpt
probably referred to Teddy's old sweethearts, whose names were
human
--such a string of them there was: Hatties, Helens, Lauras, Gussies, Saras, Emmies, Roses, Fredas, Annies, Nellies, Katies, Lenas, Noras, Mauds, Nannies, and so on through a list of the belles and beauties of several seasons, whose letters and photographs were treasured in Teddy's desk, soon to be ruefully sacrificed to the fire-fiend; for
gpt
Benedict, the married man,
human
Here a dainty school-girl's letter Still retains its faint perfume, But the little hand that wrote it Molders in a foreign tomb. Close beside it lies another In an awkward, girlish hand, Desperately sentimental-- Ah! I now can understand Just how silly two such lovers As we were then must have been-- She about a year my junior, I a youngster just nineteen!