human
How industrious! What a rebuke to me!
gpt
I don't see, mamma, how we could be doing less; I've only an audience of one, and she is wasting her time.
human
Well, carissima, it is settled. It's off for a year.
gpt
The reception? Why so?
human
Your father cannot arrange it. He has too much on hand this season, and may be away.
gpt
There, McDonald, we've got a reprieve,
human
Then I shall have time to finish this.
gpt
I'm awfully glad. I'd ever so much rather stay in than come out. Yes, dear little mother.
human
Little?
gpt
Yes. And the girl pulled her mother from her chair, and made her stand up to measure.
human
See, McDonald, almost an inch taller than mamma, and when I do my hair on top!
gpt
And see, mamma --the girl was pirouetting on the floor--
human
I can do those steps you do. Isn't it Spanish?
gpt
Rather Spanish-American, I guess. This is the way.
human
Isn't that lovely!
gpt
You are only a little brownie, after all.