human
I shouldn't think of doing anything so unkind and so unjust! Why, because the powers of evil have conquered--I mean by that the dreadful German military party--should I behave unjustly to a faithful old German woman who has been with me--let me see--why, who has been with me exactly eighteen years? With the exception of a married niece with whom she went and stayed in Berlin three autumns ago, my poor old Anna hasn't a relation left in Germany. Her whole life is centred in me--or perhaps I ought to say in Rose. She was the only nurse Rose ever had.
gpt
And yet she has remained typically German,
human
Of course she has! cried Mrs. Otway quickly.
gpt
And that is why we are both so much attached to her. Anna has all the virtues of the German woman; she is faithful, kindly, industrious, and thrifty.
human
But, Mary, has it not occurred to you that you will find it very awkward sometimes? Again without waiting for an answer, Miss Forsyth went on:
gpt
Our working people have long felt it very hard that there should be so many Germans in England, taking away their jobs.
human
They have only themselves to thank for that, said Mrs. Otway, with more sharpness than was usual with an exceptionally kindly and amiable nature.
gpt
Germans are much more industrious than our people are, and they are content with less wages. Also you must forgive me if I say, dear Miss Forsyth, that I don't quite see what the jealousy of the average working-man, or, for the matter of that, of the average mechanic, has to do with my good old Anna, especially at such a time as this.
human
Don't you really?