human
I am almost sure of it, nevertheless, said Hadria.
gpt
Oh, believe me, it is common enough! Few grasp it intellectually perhaps, but thousands feel the insult; of that I am morally certain.
human
What leads you to think so in Marion's case?
gpt
Some look, or tone, or word; something slight, but to my mind conclusive. Fellow-sinners detect one another, you know.
human
Well, I don't understand what the world is coming to! exclaimed Miss Du Prel.
gpt
Where are the natural instincts?
human
Sprouting up for the first time perhaps,
gpt
They seem to be disappearing, if what you say has the slightest foundation.
human
Oh, you are speaking of only _one_ kind of instinct. The others have all been suppressed. Perhaps women are not altogether animals after all. The thought is startling, I know. Try to face it.
gpt
I never supposed they were,
human
But you never made allowance for the suppressed instincts,
gpt
I don't believe they _can_ be suppressed.
human
I believe they can be not merely suppressed, but killed past hope of recovery. And I also believe that there may be, that there _must_ be, ideas and emotions fermenting in people's brains, quite different from those that they are supposed and ordered to cherish, and that these heresies go on working in secret for years before they become even suspected, and then suddenly the population exchange confessions.
gpt
After that the Deluge! exclaimed Miss Du Prel.
human
You describe the features of a great revolution.
gpt
So much the better, said Hadria;