human
By the river of Babylon there we sat down,
gpt
There we hung our harps upon the willows, added Ruth, throwing her shawl on a branch overhead.
human
Now, Agnes, let us take it easy and make the most of the day, for such days will be like angel's visits.
gpt
Well, suppose we rest first. Methinks I could forget myself in sleep.
human
I think I know now what I should do if I were rich.
gpt
What?
human
Take sick people into the country. That is, if I could afford to keep a carriage. I have been thinking about it since yesterday.
gpt
Yes, she said.
human
Many of those who die every year might become strong and well again, if they could be taken from the close, stifling air of their wretched homes into that which is pure and fresh.
gpt
Nothing could give greater pleasure than to have these poor, emaciated babies and wan-faced women look up at you with a smile, as if saying, 'O how this cheers us.' I wonder if it will ever be?
human
was the reply.
gpt
But suppose you had a carriage, your husband might object to your using it in this way.
human
Then I should not use it at all.
gpt
Wait, my dear, until you get it, she said.
human
Or before you give yourself away, it would be well to ask the gentleman, if, in case you owned such a thing, you could use it for such purposes.
gpt
Not I indeed. No man ever finds me asking him such a question; what was _his_ would be mine. But I shall know, when I see the man, what manner of spirit he is of.