human
Her husband and two of her brothers were killed at Gettysburg. Her husband was in Pickett's Division. Those were Pickett's men that just passed--about all there are left now.
gpt
It is not so gay as one of your Grand Army Days, is it? You see ... it all comes home very close to us. Those old men that can't be with us much longer are our mothers' brothers, and sweethearts, and uncles, and fathers. They went out so young--so brave and full of hope--they poured out by hundreds of thousands. Down this very street they marched, no more than boys, and our mothers stood here where we are standing, to bid them godspeed. And now look at what is left of them, straggling by. There is nobody on this porch--but you--who did not lose somebody that was dear to them. And then there was our pride ... for we were proud. So that is why our old ladies cry to-day.
human
And why your young ladies cry, too?
gpt
Oh, ... I am not crying.
human
Don't you suppose I know when people are crying and when they aren't?--Why do you do it?
gpt
Well ... it's all pretty sad, you know ... pretty sad.