human
Please!
gpt
I thank you, Mrs Rookwood; Lettice may go.
human
Then, Mrs Lettice, will you step in about nine o'clock? My maids'll be fain to see you. And if any of you gentlewomen should have a liking to look in--
gpt
Nay, the girls should count us spoil-sports,
human
Now come, Mrs Edith! 'tis not so long since you were a young maid.
gpt
Twelve good years, Mrs Rookwood: as long, pretty nigh, as Hester Abbott has been in the world.
human
Eh, but years don't go for much, not with some folks.
gpt
Not with them that keep the dew of their youth, said Lady Louvaine with a smile.
human
But to do that, friend, a woman should dwell very near to Him who only hath immortality.