human
IT TAKES A LOT OF PLUCK TO GET UP AND SAY A THING LIKE THAT.
gpt
What are they saying about me? whispered Elsie, burying her face on Marjorie's shoulder.
human
Do they all despise me?
gpt
Not a bit of it, declared Marjorie, reassuringly.
human
They're all saying how plucky it was of you to confess. Lulu says she never liked you so much before in her life. As for me, I'm so proud of you I don't know what to do. Oh, Elsie darling, I'm so glad you did it!
gpt
It was you who made me do it, sobbed Elsie, clinging to her cousin.
human
You were so splendid about it all. You knew, and yet you never told any one, not even Papa when he was provoked with you, because you wouldn't explain what the trouble between us was. Your brother knew too, Babs, and he has never said a word, but I know how he has despised me. I've despised myself too--oh, how I have despised myself! I've been selfish and conceited all my life, and I didn't care much, but one can't help feeling mean and ashamed beside girls like you, and brave, wonderful women like Aunt Jessie. I don't believe I've got one real friend in the world.
gpt
You've got lots, protested Marjorie and Barbara both together.
human
Just come downstairs and see if you haven't.