human
No, that's true, said Willy;
gpt
Willy, I wish you would try to please me by being more considerate and gentle to your sisters.
human
Ella is so whiny piny! she is always saying '_Don't_', and 'You _shan't_!'
gpt
Not always, Willy. Do you remember how ready she was to give up her turn to you to play draughts with Constance last evening? Do you remember how kindly she helped you to find those places in the map for Mr. Martyn?
human
Yes, grannie, Willy said.
gpt
I will go and tell her I am sorry I have been so cross; but she _is_ provoking, and you don't know _how_ provoking.
human
Well, making all allowance for that, I still think that you should never forget you are a boy and she is a little girl, and should for that very reason be gentle and forbearing, because it is a rule, which all noble-hearted people recognise, that the weak should be protected by the strong.
gpt
I'll go and stroke Ella the right way, and _when_ I come back you _will_ tell me about the cousin.
human
I do not envy Irene Packingham coming here. Willy is an awful tease, and if she is a prim little thing, turned out by a boarding-school, she will have a bad time of it.
gpt
I think you are hard upon Willy, dear Constance, was the gentle reply.
human
He is a very high-spirited boy, very much like what your father was; and then Willy has the great disadvantage of having no brother near his own age.
gpt
I think, said Constance,
human
There is a reason for it, and you must remember your mother's great grief.
gpt
Poor Arthur's dying at school, you mean; but he was a very delicate boy, and Willy is as strong as a horse. I wish I were strong--half as strong! Here I lie, week after week, and my back does not get a bit better. I had the old pain this morning when I just moved to take my work from the little table;