human
I wear them to save washing, she said with a certain dignity as she touched the shrunken knickerbockers.
gpt
Girls' clothes are a lot of trouble. Lena said they weren't worth it.
human
I'm sure she's right. You're only a little ahead of the style. All girls'll be wearing them soon, no doubt. They're that independent. How old is the orphan George?
gpt
He's 'most five. I got him when I had tonsilitis, when I was six, unconsciously betraying to anyone who could add five to six the secret Aunt Kate had begged her to keep.
human
And we've never been separated a whole day. But now, she swallowed the lump in her throat and went on bravely,
gpt
I know. Mr. Jerry seemed to know everything.
human
What are you going to do?
gpt
If we kept him Uncle Larry would lose the janitor and we wouldn't have a roof over our heads nor bread for our stomachs, so I thought if I could find a pleasant place for him to board near by I could see him often. I couldn't give him away, for Aunt Kate says perhaps the Lord'll give us a real home some day where we can all be together. When I saw your house it made me think of Mifflin and I wondered if you had a cat and if you hadn't if you would like to board one?
human
Well, he considered the question gravely.
gpt
Can you pay his board?
human
I've a dollar and forty-three cents. The forty-three cents I saved and the dollar Mr. Black gave me when he took me to the train in Mifflin. How much should a cat's board be?
gpt
How much milk does he drink? Milk's seven cents a quart in Waloo.
human
Oh, not more than a quart a day, eagerly.
gpt
And he's almost too fat now.
human
A quart a day would be seven times seven----
gpt
I know. I know all my tables up to twelve times twelve. That would be forty-nine cents. Do you think fifty cents would be enough?
human
I should think fifty cents a week very good board for a cat. Suppose we go in and see what my Aunt Mary has to say.