human
I do like the English custom, she said,
gpt
Ladies in America, I suppose, said Clara,
human
Always.
gpt
But I have visited many families in New York and Boston who dined late,
human
Dare say, she replied carelessly.
gpt
I'm going to have some more of that curry stuff, please. And don't ask any more questions, anybody, till I've worried through with it. I'm a wolf at curry.
human
She likes England, Arnold, said Clara, covering up this remark, so to speak.
gpt
She likes the country, she says, very much.
human
At all events, said the girl,
gpt
I like this house, which is first-class--fine--proper. And the furniture, and pictures, and all--tiptop. But I'm afraid it is going to be awful dull, except at meals, and when the Boy is going. Her own head was just touched by the
human
Boy,
gpt
My dear child, said Clara,
human
Oh, I'll take time. As long as you like. But I shall soon be tired of sitting at home. I want to go about and see things--theaters and music-halls, and all kinds of places.
gpt
Ladies, in England, do not go to music-halls,
human
Gentlemen do. Why not ladies, then? Answer me that. Why can't ladies go, when gentlemen go? What is proper for gentlemen is proper for ladies. Very well, then, I want to go somewhere every night. I want to see everything there is to see, and to hear all that there is to hear.
gpt
We shall go, presently, a good deal into society, said Clara timidly.
human
Society will come back to town very soon now--at least, some of it.
gpt
Oh, yes, I dare say. Society! No, thank you, with company manners. I want to laugh, and talk, and enjoy myself.