human
Yes, he assented,
gpt
Shorthand, replied Alison.
human
I can generally, though not always, read what I've written, if it hasn't exceeded about eighty words a minute. Then I can type about two-thirds as fast as one really ought to, and can keep simple accounts so long as neatness is not insisted on. I naturally had to learn all this after I left home. It seems to me that to bring up English girls in such a way is downright cruelty.
gpt
It's not remarkably different in our case. There's a man in a town not far along the line who used to shine at the Oxford Union and is now uncommonly glad to earn a few dollars by his talents as an auctioneer; that's how they estimate oratory on the prairie. There's another who devoted most of his time at Cambridge to physical culture, and as the result of it he gets pretty steady employment on the railroad track as a ballast shoveler.
human
Have you any idea as to what you will do if you don't stay with Mrs. Hunter?
gpt
No,
human
Well, said Thorne,
gpt
But I can't even sew decently.
human
In a general way, they're too busy to be fastidious.