human
Roger, tell me this, I said.
gpt
Suppose I went to school and then to college, would I be like--other girls--I mean society girls--girls in your class?
human
You're better than they are now. You are in a class all by yourself, Nora.
gpt
Don't answer me like that. You know what I want to know. Would I be socially their equal, for instance?
human
Why, naturally. That's a foolish question, Nora.
gpt
No, it isn't. I just want to know. Now, supposing I got all that--that--culture--and everything, and I had nice manners, and dressed so I looked pretty and everything--and you wouldn't be a bit ashamed of me, and we could say my people were all sorts of grand folks,--they really are in England--my father's people,--well, suppose all this, and then suppose that you really loved me, just as I do you, then wouldn't I be good enough to be your wife?
human
Nora, why do you persist about that? I tell you once and for all that that is absolutely out of the question. I'm not going to marry you. In fact, I can't.
gpt
Why?
human
I won't go into details. Let it suffice that there are reasons, and put the idea out of your head.