human
This isn't Chicago, he exclaimed as he looked around our rooms.
gpt
This is a lodging in London!
human
Well, now that Zuhl has married a writer, I suppose her own artistic career is at an end.
gpt
Not at all! I retorted, somewhat nettled.
human
I am an individualist in this as in other things. I do not believe in the subordination of a wife to her husband. Zulime has all the rights I claim for myself--no more, no less. If she fails to go on with her painting or sculpture the fault will not be mine. Our partnership is an equal one.
gpt
You are not my house-keeper--you are a member of a firm. I prefer to have you an artist.
human
I haven't at the present moment the slightest 'call' to be an artist. Perhaps I shall--after a while; but at present I'd rather keep house.
gpt
But consider _me_! I insisted.
human
Here am I, a public advocate of the rights of women, already denounced as your 'tyrant husband,' 'a selfish egotistic brute!'--I'll be accused--I am already accused--of cutting short your career as a sculptor. Consider the injustice you are doing _me_!