human
Robert, I've changed my mind about the children's going: I think the sooner they go the better. It is just like having a day set for having a tooth pulled: you suffer all the pain ten times over in anticipating it. I can't think about anything else from morning till night. Oh, I do hope we haven't done wrong!
gpt
It isn't too late yet to keep them at home, said Mr. March.
human
Don't let us do it if your mind is not clear. I don't think Nelly more than half wants to go now.
gpt
Oh, yes, she does! replied Mrs. March.
human
She is so excited in the prospect that she talks in her sleep about it. I heard her, last night.
gpt
The dear child! said Mr. March.
human
It was Nelly that they really wanted most.
gpt
Not at all, said Mrs. March, quickly:
human
Mr. Cook told me that he would have only asked for Rob, but he knew the children could not be separated.
gpt
Well, that's odd, said Mr. March.
human
Mrs. Cook told me that she had been long thinking that she wished she could have Nelly, but she knew it would be out of the question to separate the children.
gpt
I see, she said:
human
Why, Sarah! exclaimed Mr. March,
gpt
Yes, perhaps we love them equally, replied Mrs. March;
human
I hope he will, he said.
gpt
But as for my little Nelly, I wouldn't ask any thing more for her than to be, as you say, 'a good, loving, lovable woman.'
human
GOOT-BY AND GOOT LUCK
gpt
Why, I didn't bid Ulrica good-by, or Mr. Kleesman, or Billy and Lucinda. I thought we weren't going for two weeks. Mayn't I go up to-morrow, mamma? I can sell some eggs, too, even if it isn't the regular day. Ever so many people ask me for them always. Hardly anybody keeps hens in Rosita.