human
I intend to read a great deal this month,
gpt
That was my intention, replied Carmen;
human
Is he married?
gpt
Not now. He told me, when he was teaching me the steps, that his heart was buried in Seville.
human
He seems to be full of sentiment.
gpt
Perhaps that is because his salary is so small. Mamma says, of all things an impecunious count! But he is amusing.
human
But what do you care for money?
gpt
Nothing, my dear. But deliver me from a husband who is poor; he would certainly be a tyrant. Besides, if I ever marry, it will be with an American.
human
But suppose you fall in love with a poor man?
gpt
That would be against my principles. Never fall below your ideals--that is what I heard a speaker say at the Town and Country Club, and that is my notion. There is no safety for you if you lose your principles.
human
That depends upon what they are,
gpt
That sounds like good Mr. Lyon. I suspect he thought I hadn't any. Mamma said I tried to shock him; but he shocked me. Do you think you could live with such a man twenty-four hours, even if he had his crown on?
human
I can imagine a great deal worse husbands than the Earl of Chisholm.
gpt
Well, I haven't any imagination.
human
If you were only unmarried, she said,