human
The very thing! exclaimed Mabel,
gpt
O, but, objected Minnie,
human
Not at all, asserted Mabel.
gpt
I once knew a family of Germans, rich people too, who had all their knitting done by the young men, and anyhow it won't matter if it is ridiculous, it's useful, and nobody will laugh when they remember that. I thought at first it would have been rather ridiculous to see the girls painting the gates and palings, but it turned out quite the opposite. It is wonderful how earnestness beautifies the most commonplace things, and reconciles us to the most incongruous.
human
Well, I see you are right, and I suppose I must give in, answered Minnie,
gpt
We can give it a trial at any rate, though it will justify its existence, in my eyes, I am afraid, only by its success, as papa said our undertaking had in his,--oh, that's a dreadfully narrow way to look at it, no, I'll give the plan my unqualified support.
human
That's more like you, said Mabel, smiling at her impulsive afterthought,