human
Is she not a darling, mamma?
gpt
She is a very engaging child, replied Elsie.
human
I think we are all fond of her, but you especially.
gpt
Yes, mamma, I love her for herself--her gentle, affectionate disposition--but still more because she is my husband's child, his dear baby girl, as he so often called her.
human
Ah, I can understand that, Elsie said, with a loving though rather sad look and smile into Violet's azure eyes,
gpt
That she is more in need of rest and sleep than anything else at present. He will see her again to-morrow, and will probably be able then to give me full directions in regard to her diet and so forth.
human
You will come down to supper? you will not think it necessary to stay with her yourself?
gpt
Oh, no, mamma! I shall dress at once. I should not like to miss being with you all, Violet answered, moving away from the bedside.
human
Ah! with sudden recollection,
gpt
I have been quite forgetting Max and Lulu.
human
I have seen them to their rooms, her mother said,
gpt
Dear mamma, thank you!
human
My dear, I consider them quite as much my children, and therefore my especial charge, as yours, perhaps a trifle more,