human
She was free, she said,
gpt
But how do you expect to get your living in Canada? replied Flora.
human
You must work there, or starve.
gpt
Indeed! said Hannah, tossing up her head.
human
It's not long that I shall stay in Canada. I'm going home with Captain Williams. He has promised to divorce his wife and marry me, when he gets back to Scotland.
gpt
Marry you, and divorce his wife! the nice kind woman you saw on board the night we sailed! Can you lend a willing ear to such idle tales? He can neither divorce his wife nor marry you, poor, foolish girl--wicked, I should add, for your conduct, when your situation is taken into consideration, is an aggravation of hardened guilt.
human
It's no business of yours, at any rate, sobbed Hannah, who had tears always at command.
gpt
I don't mean to lose the chance of being a lady in order to keep my word with you. You may get somebody else to wait on you and the child; I won't.