human
You never leave me alone, Aunt Rosamund,
gpt
Because you are a drone, retorted Mrs. Coppersley.
human
You eat, yet you do not work. And as St. Paul says----
gpt
I don't wish to hear what St. Paul says, thank you.
human
It would be better if you did. I have your good at heart.
gpt
Nothing of the sort; you merely wish to get rid of me.
human
Why should I not? she cried loudly.
gpt
You treat me as though I were dirt under your feet, miss. Who are you to behave like this, I should like to know?
human
I am my father's daughter, said Bella, very distinctly,
gpt
I'll make you prove those words, said Mrs. Coppersley, turning from scarlet to white.
human
Go and see Mr. Timson in Cade Lane, and you will find everything has been done to make the will legal.
gpt
I am quite sure of that, Aunt Rosamund, as you are too clever a woman to risk losing your spoil. But you have cheated me by inducing my father to disinherit me in your favour.
human
I did not! I did not! Mrs. Coppersley stamped wrathfully.
gpt
Your father borrowed money from me to pay for the farm ten years ago. I lent it on condition that I inherited Bleacres. I told you this before, and----
human
That will do, interrupted Bella imperiously.
gpt
I shall see Mr. Timson, and learn for certain if what you have told me is correct. Meantime, as it is quite impossible for me to remain in the house with you, I shall go and stay with Dora Ankers.
human
She won't have you,
gpt
I have already arranged to live with her until I am married.
human
Then you are going to marry that wastrel?
gpt
I don't know who you mean.
human
Mr. Lister, the man who was so hated by your father.
gpt
Whether I marry Mr. Lister or not is my business, said Bella, drily;
human
No, said Mrs. Coppersley reluctantly, for she would have dearly liked to put a spoke in Bella's wheel, as the saying is.
gpt
Jabez's life before he came here was not known to me. But I am quite sure that it was shady, and----
human
Leave the dead alone. You are benefiting by my father's work, whatever it might have been, and have no call to abuse him.
gpt
I only got my own money back, said Mrs. Coppersley defiantly;
human
I am quite content that it should be so, said Bella icily;
gpt
What? Mrs. Coppersley became shrill in her anger.
human
Give you money to bring lawsuits against me?
gpt
If everything is fair and square, as you say, she observed severely,
human
No! shouted the older woman, and sat down with folded arms and a dogged expression.
gpt
You get no money from me.