human
Oh, Joe! cried Davie with shining eyes.
gpt
We never could come away again if we once get there, never!
human
Oh, Grandpapa, Grandpapa! she screamed,
gpt
I will ask her,
human
Come on, cried Jasper,
gpt
Upstairs, downstairs, and in the lady's chamber,
human
Oh! I forgot, exclaimed Polly, when at last they gathered in the wide hall, disposing themselves on the chairs and along the stairs, all tired out.
gpt
She has gone to evening meeting with Auntie. How stupid of me not to remember that.
human
Well, I declare! cried a voice above them, and looking up they met the cold blue eyes of Mrs. Chatterton regarding them over the railing.
gpt
Cousin Horatio, do you keep a menagerie, or a well-ordered house, I beg to inquire?
human
A menagerie, said Mr. King coolly, leaning on the balustrade at the foot of the stairs, and looking up at her.
gpt
All sorts of strange animals wander in here, Cousin.
human
Hum; I understand. I'm not so dull as you think. Well, you've changed, let me tell you, vastly, and not for the better either, in the last six years. Who would ever suppose I see before me fastidious Horatio King!
gpt
I dare say, I dare say, Cousin Eunice, assented Mr. King carelessly,
human
Compliment? she repeated disdainfully, and added with a rising note of anger, forgetting herself,
gpt
So I think, said Mr. King in the same tone as before.
human
Children, come into my room now, and close the door.
gpt
human
May we--may we?
gpt
A whole week.
human
Two days, Mamsie, do say yes, and Phronsie's glad little chirp
gpt
Grandpapa wants to go, he does!
human
What a babel, cried Mrs. Pepper, her black eyes roving over the excited group.
gpt
Now what is it all about? Baby, you tell mother first.