human
You can't go up, sir. The whole above-stairs is occupied by ladies; and as some of them have nought but their night-dresses on, they don't want no company.
gpt
But, my good madam, I said,
human
I saw two or three gentlemen amongst the ladies in the balcony.
gpt
That's nothing here nor there, answered the Amazon.
human
Them gentlemen have brought in friends, and have a right to stay with them.
gpt
But I have a friend here, too, I answered,
human
Sir Richard this, or Sir Richard that! cried the woman,
gpt
I want to speak with Miss Davenport, I replied;
human
Miss Davenport! cried the hostess, in a tone somewhat mollified.
gpt
Why, I didn't know that Bessy Davenport was here--have you seen her, Imoinda? Why, I thought she was killed in Stringer's house.
human
That she certainly was not, I answered, hating the great, fat, coarse woman from the bottom of my heart;
gpt
Oh, ay, cried the woman, still screaming at the top of her voice, in order to be heard above the din;