human
I beg your pardon, sir, she said;
gpt
Certainly not of me, he replied stiffly;
human
She has not made me acquainted with them, said the woman discontentedly.
gpt
Will you?
human
I do not interfere with my wife's domestics. She engages whom she pleases, and discharges whom she pleases.
gpt
But to do right, sir, that is everyone's affair. I am discharged suddenly, without notice, and without having committed a fault. Until this morning I am perfection; no one can dress my lady like me, no one can arrange her hair so admirably. That is what she says to me continually. Why, then, am I discharged? I ask my lady why, and she says, for her convenience.
human
She has paid you, has she not?
gpt
Oh yes, and has given me money to return home. But it is not that. It is that it hurts me to be suddenly discharged. It is to my injury when I seek another situation. I shall be asked why I left my last. To speak the truth, I must say that I did not leave, that I was discharged. I shall be asked why, and I shall not be able to say.
human
Has she not given you a character?
gpt
Yes; it is not that I complain of; it is being suddenly discharged.
human
I cannot interfere, mistress. You have no reasonable cause for complaint. You have a character, and you are well paid; that should content you.
gpt
My lady has her reasons! I hope they will be found to be good ones, and that you will find them so. Do you hear?--that you will find them so!