human
Oh, no, no, no, she cried,
gpt
I don’t want to be left there! I’d _die_ of homesickness there! Oh, Mother Peniman, don’t leave me, don’t leave me, please don’t go away and leave me!
human
But you would only be there a short time, Nina, said Mrs. Peniman gently;
gpt
I _have_ no home, she cried, bursting into a wild storm of weeping;
human
I don’t know any of my people. My papa and mama are dead, and there is no one who wants me or cares for me! Oh, don’t leave me, Mother Peniman, please, please take me with you!
gpt
Can you tell me the names of any of your relatives, Nina? Don’t you remember your grandfather or grandmother? Haven’t you any aunts or uncles or cousins? Who is there back there where you used to live that you could go to?
human
I don’t know, I don’t know! sobbed the child.
gpt
I never knew any of them. My grandma and grandpa on Mama’s side are both dead, and I think Papa must have quarreled with his parents, for he never talked about them. We lived abroad ’most all the time, and when we were in this country we lived all by ourselves in New York.
human
But can’t you tell us the names of any people who would know who your relatives are? Your mother said——
gpt
No, no, I can’t, I can’t! sobbed the child.
human
Everything was in the box Mama gave me. She told me that full particulars were in there. I don’t know who they can send me to—I have no friends—no one who loves me——