human
Well, said Avrillia with great exactitude--Sara had already discovered that Avrillia had a weakness for being considered practical--
gpt
My! said Sara, in doubt and wonder. And right there she had a suspicion that that was one reason she had loved Avrillia from the first: she couldn't do arithmetic! To be sure, Sara herself couldn't add all that mixture in her head--at least not with all those lovely children about--but it sounded like a great deal more than seventy; and there certainly looked to be a million. So, as she stood and gazed, she said, more in wonder than with any idea of correcting Avrillia,
human
And you said there were just seventy?
gpt
I think there are just seventy. Then she called to Pirlaps, who was sitting on his step in the light of a glorious flame-colored fog-bush, hard at work,
human
Pirlaps, have we had any children since Sara was here yesterday?
gpt
Not one, said Pirlaps, smiling at her with a look of pleasant amusement.
human
Don't you remember that you dropped poems over the Verge all day?
gpt
I thought so, said Avrillia, with relief,
human
O Pirlaps, said Avrillia, her sweet voice full of reproach,
gpt
she added, beginning to look wild and worried and distraught,
human
Never mind, Avrillia, said Pirlaps, soothingly, and Sara noticed that his pleasant, cheerful ways always had a wonderfully calming effect upon Avrillia.
gpt
I'm going right in now to change; and then I have a plan that will straighten things out and please everybody.
human
What is it?
gpt
It's too soon to tell yet,