human
I think it's about twenty miles up the river, she said.
gpt
That's where I found David. I--I had lost a little boy, and David had lost his mother, so we belonged together. It doesn't make any difference to us, that he isn't my own, does it, David?
human
Yes'm,
gpt
David! Why won't you _ever_ say what is expected of you? We don't know anybody in Mercer, she went on, with a shy, melancholy smile,
human
And at her kind look the little girl, who had tagged along behind her uncle, snuggled up to the maternal presence, and rubbed her cheek against the white hand which had the pretty rings on it.
gpt
I am so glad to have somebody for David to play with,