human
Nina's an awful chump,
gpt
She is not! flared Rosemary.
human
And, Aunt Trudy she has the loveliest blue velvet dress. She says she can wear it under her apron and then, after dinner when we take our aprons off, she will look all right. Couldn't I wear my new brown velvet that night?
gpt
Why I don't know, replied Aunt Trudy uncertainly.
human
I don't think it would be very suitable, dear. What do you think, Hugh?
gpt
Don't know anything about clothes,
human
You only want to wear it because Nina Edmonds is going to wear a velvet dress,
gpt
It will be awfully hot,
human
Well, I'm going to wear it, if Aunt Trudy doesn't say not to, announced Rosemary, her chin in the air.
gpt
Though I'd give anything if I had some high heeled pumps to make me look taller. Honestly, Hugh, I'm about the only girl in our class who doesn't wear 'em.
human
When you're sixteen, if you still want them, I'll have nothing to say, he said.
gpt
Mother has said you are not to wear them until then, you know, and if I had my way no woman, sixteen or sixty, should teeter about in silly anguish. I can't help it if the girls are skipping five years, Rosemary; as I've often reminded you, the calendar says you are still a little girl.