human
Miss Minnie, if it isn't too much trouble, would you say that over again?
gpt
Why, it isn't anything to say, Mr. Toosypegs, said Minnie, laughing merrily;
human
Well, I'm sure! ejaculated Mr. Toosypegs.
gpt
You _really_ can't think what a relief it is to my feelings to hear that. Somehow, my feelings are always relieved when I'm with you, Miss Minnie. Young Mr. Lawless means real well, I'm sure, but then it kind of frightens a fellow a little. I felt, Miss Minnie, said Mr. Toosypegs, placing his hand on his left vest-pocket,
human
Well, I feel better now. I'm very much obliged to you, said Mr. Toosypegs, drawing a deep breath of intense relief;
gpt
Grandmother's as well as she always is, replied Minnie.
human
She is able to sit up, but she can't walk, or come downstairs. She won't let me sit with her either, and always says she wants to be alone.
gpt
I expect her son preys on her mind a good deal,
human
He was drowned,
gpt
Yes, I know; she was real vexed with Lord De Courcy about it, too. I dare say you have heard her talk of him.
human
Yes, said Erminie, with a slight shudder;
gpt
I have heard her tell Ray how he must hate him and all his family, and do them all the harm he could. I don't like to hear such things. They don't seem right. I heard Father Murray saying, last Sunday, in church, we must forgive our enemies, or we won't be forgiven ourselves. I always used to come away, at first, when grandmother would begin to talk about hating them and being revenged; but her eyes used to blaze up like, and she would seem so angry about it, that afterward I stayed. I don't like to hear it though, and I always try not to listen, but to think of something else all the time.
human
I suppose young Germaine don't mind,
gpt
No. Ray gets fierce, and looks so dark and dreadful that I feel afraid of him then, said Erminie, sadly.
human
He always says, when he is a man he will go to England and do dreadful things to them all, because they killed his father. I don't think they killed him; do you, Mr. Toosypegs? They couldn't help his being drowned, I think.
gpt
Well, you know, Miss Minnie, said Mr. Toosypegs, with the air of a man entering upon an abstruse subject,