human
What do you think we can do, Anna? asked Mrs. Carroll, at length.
gpt
Do you suppose if we told Madame Potoffsky just how it was, how dear Ina was going to be married, and how interested we all were in having her look nice and have pretty things that she would--
human
No, I don't think so, Anna said, shortly.
gpt
What does Madame Potoffsky care about Ina and her getting married, except for what she makes out of it?
human
But, Anna, she is very rich. Everybody says so. She has a beautiful house, and a country-house, and keeps a carriage to go to her shop in.
gpt
Well, what of that?
human
I thought the Russians believed that rich people ought to do things for people who were not rich, or else be blown up with bombs.
gpt
Don't be silly, Amy, darling.
human
I am quite in earnest, Anna, I really thought so.
gpt
Well, you thought wrong then, dear. There is no reason in the world why a dressmaker, if she is as rich as a Vanderbilt, should make Ina's wedding-clothes for nothing, and she won't.
human
Well, I suppose you are right, Anna, but what is to be done? How about Miss Sargent? She was very good.
gpt
Miss Sargent, Amy _dear!_
human
Do we own her much, Anna?
gpt
Owe her much? We owe her everything!
human
Madame Rogers?
gpt
Madame Rogers! The last time I asked her to do anything she insulted me. She told me to my face she did not work for dead-beats.
human
She was a very vulgar woman, Anna. I don't think I would patronize her under any circumstances.
gpt
No, I would not either, dear. But that finishes the New York dressmakers.
human
How about the Hillfield one?
gpt
Amy!
human
Well, I suppose you are right; but what--
gpt
We shall have to go to a dressmaker in Banbridge. We have never had any work done here, and there can be no difficulty about it.
human
But, Anna, how can we have her married with a trousseau made in Banbridge?
gpt
It is either that or no trousseau at all.
human
And she will go in the best society in Kentucky, too, she said, pitifully.
gpt
They'll attribute it all to the lack of taste in the North,