human
Come, Grandy, come, said the little girl, coaxingly;
gpt
Oh, Grandy!
human
Don't talk so, or I shall think you are sorry to have taken care of me.
gpt
Care of thee, oh, child! and what care? It is thou who takest care of me. Put thy hands from thy mouth; sit down, darling, there, opposite, and let us talk. Now, Sophy, thou hast often said that thou wouldst be glad to be out of this mode of life, even for one humbler and harder: think well, is it so?
human
Oh, yes, indeed, grandfather.
gpt
No more tinsel dresses and flowery wreaths; no more applause; no more of the dear divine stage excitement; the heroine and fairy vanished; only a little commonplace child in dingy gingham, with a purblind cripple for thy sole charge and playmate; Juliet Araminta evaporated evermore into little Sophy!
human
It would be so nice!
gpt
What would make it nice?