human
Oh grandma, they cried, talking both at once,
gpt
Yes, you must consider it so, my dears; because it is mine, and I consider my dear grandchildren as mine, too,
human
As I do, mamma, said Violet,
gpt
No, indeed, said Elsie.
human
And I think Tiny and Tee-tee will enjoy being at Viamede, too, and climbing up the beautiful trees. Papa says they will, but will be glad to come back to us when they get hungry; because we feed them with such things as they like to eat.
gpt
It will be a long journey before we get to Viamede, won't it, mamma?
human
Yes; a good many miles up this coast of South America, then through the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans, then through Teche Bayou to Viamede. I think it will be a long, pleasant journey. Don't you?
gpt
Yes, mamma, it is very pleasant to be on our yacht with you and papa and grandma and so many other kind friends.
human
How long will it take us to get to Viamede, papa?
gpt
About as long as it would to cross the ocean from our country to Europe. And should storms compel us to seek refuge for a time in some harbor, it will, of course, take longer.
human
Will we go back to Trinidad?
gpt
Hardly, I think; though we will probably pass in sight of the island.
human
And we are on the coast of Brazil now?
gpt
Yes; and will be for a week or more.
human
We are trying life in the 'Dolphin' for a good while this winter,
gpt
You are not wearying of it, I hope, my dear?
human
Oh, no, not at all! she replied, giving him an affectionate smile,
gpt
As it has to all of us, I think, said her mother; and all within hearing joined in with their expressions of pleasure in all they had experienced on the sea or on the land since sailing away from their homes in the
human
Dolphin.
gpt
I am half afraid that you gentlemen will find your homes but dull places when you get back to them,
human
Well, for business reasons I shall be glad to get back to my office, said Chester.
gpt
So it will not be altogether a trying thing to return, even if my home is to be but dull and wearisome.
human
I don't believe it will be, laughed Grace.
gpt
Lu is never half so hard and disagreeable as she pretends. She has always been the nicest of sisters to me, and I have an idea that she is quite as good a wife.
human
So have I, said Chester.
gpt
I know I wouldn't swap wives with any man.
human
Nor I husbands with any woman, laughed Lucilla.
gpt
I took this man for better or for worse, but there's no worse about it.