human
For I am coming with you,
gpt
I'm afraid not, _chérie_, said Roger,
human
I must get to work, you know. You can take lessons in New York, all you want.
gpt
But I do not care to go to New York, she returned quietly.
human
I like Paris better. I need not nurse the baby, now, and I can sing a great deal. Jerry can take me.
gpt
Mr. Bradley means he must be in New York to continue his professional career, dear Mrs. Bradley, Miss Jencks interposed,
human
Why?
gpt
Because a wife's place is by her husband,
human
But why? Margarita inquired again.
gpt
No, my dear, but you can help him greatly in it, Miss Jencks instructed placidly (she was invaluable, was Barbara, when it was a matter of proper platitude, which flowed from her lips with the ease of water from a tap--and she believed it, too!)
human
Yes, I know, you have told me that before. But you could stay with Roger, Miss Jencks, and be that influence, said Margarita sweetly,
gpt
How about the baby?
human
I am not going to nurse it any more, said the mother of little Mary quietly.
gpt
Madame said I had better stop it now--it will be better for my voice. So it will not need me. Dolledge knows all about taking care of it.
human
But, my dear, are you sure it will be good for Mary not to nurse her? She is not six months old, you know,
gpt
Then why do you not nurse her, dear Miss Jencks?