human
I guess, said Carmen, afterwards, when Margaret spoke of the earl's conversation,
gpt
You are doing a noble work, he said,
human
Yes, it is very well managed, Margaret replied;
gpt
Perhaps nobody, Mrs. Henderson, likes to be treated as an object of charity.
human
Well, work isn't what they want when we give it, and they'd rather live in the dirt than in clean apartments.
gpt
Many of them don't know any better, and a good many of our poor resent condescension.
human
Yes, said Margaret, with warmth;
gpt
It's very hard, I know, said the earl;
human
Maybe. Mr. Henderson says that the world would get on better if everybody minded his own business.
gpt
I wish it were possible, the earl remarked, with an air of finishing the topic.
human
I have just been up to Brandon, Mrs. Henderson. I fear that I have seen the dear place for the last time.
gpt
You don't mean that you are tired of America?
human
Not that. I shall never, even in thought, tire of Brandon.
gpt
Yes, they are dear, good people.
human
I thought Miss Forsythe--what a sweet, brave woman she is!--was looking sad and weary.
gpt
Oh, aunt won't do anything, or take an interest in anything. She just stays there. I've tried in vain to get her here. Do you know --and she turned upon the earl a look of the old playfulness--
human
Oh, he replied, hesitating a little--
gpt
I think, Mrs. Henderson, that her heart is bound up in you. It isn't for me to say that you haven't a truer friend in the world.
human
Yes, I know. If I'd only-- and she stopped, with a petulant look on her fair face--
gpt
I--suppose, said the earl, rising,
human
Perhaps,