human
The river has just as individual a life as Broadway, and the boats are so like people.
gpt
I'm glad you've got something to amuse you. You must be nearly wild with this waiting.
human
Oh, no. I have lots to mull over in my mind. I visited my neighbour yesterday, and saw her new baby. Bobs, women don't realize yet what Twilight Sleep is bringing to them. It is one of the biggest discoveries of our age.
gpt
How, Jane?
human
Don't you see what wide-reaching results it may have for us? If we are relieved of the nervous shock and agony of birth, if the dread of this ordeal is lessened, that alone is important. But it will mean everything to the woman with a job, or the mother with other small children dependent upon her care.
gpt
You mean her escape from the shock and pain?
human
I mean that she gets up, in two or three days, in almost normal health, instead of lying by for weeks.
gpt
But your labouring woman gets up now in two or three days, doesn't she?
human
Yes, but look at the results. Talk to the doctors at the free dispensaries about what it does to them. I honestly believe that those two German doctors in the Black Forest have done more to free women than any other single agency of our times. I'm so glad to live now, Bobs, to be part of this wonderful century, to take advantage of its big experiments.
gpt
Jane, the way you eat up the experiences of life is amazing to me!