human
But what—what mystifies me, Mrs. Van Tassel, he said hesitatingly,
gpt
Analyze me. I am perfectly willing, only it will necessitate exposing the fact that my sister is a very saucy girl.
human
I don’t understand it at all,
gpt
Of course not. Well, I will tell you. Jack bought this lamp for Mildred; and she, to punish him for some offense, forced him to give it to me in the way you heard. She doesn’t know that I saw through it; but now I do not propose that she shall have the fun and the lamp too.
human
Of course not, he answered; then, after a moment’s thoughtfulness:
gpt
That was a strange prank for your sister to play, he added.
human
I fear I shouldn’t have known how to yield as easily to the joke as Jack did.
gpt
Oh, he stuttered a good deal, poor fellow, laughed Clover.
human
Mildred is a spoiled child.
gpt
Not so superficial, though, as one would at first believe, returned Gorham.
human
There is plenty of depth to her nature. Society educates a girl to seem shallow, that is all.
gpt
It is very nice of you to see through Mildred,
human
The folly of Hilda, he thought,