human
Let me go to the hotel to change my frock, and get rid of this detective story,
gpt
Change nothing. Come along as you are. You can put on all the frills after you cremate me,--if you have the courage to try it again.
human
Eternamente
gpt
It's going to hurt me cruelly if you won't wear it, he said at last.
human
I know I have made fun of such things, but this is my last wedding, and this is different. It means something more than I supposed a marriage could. He broke off and inquired,
gpt
By the way, what are you going to do with Babe when we get to the church?
human
Take her to the wedding, of course. She can sit between us.
gpt
However lightly you may be taking this, it's a serious affair to me, he said,
human
What isn't the thing for her isn't the thing for me, either, he was told.
gpt
You can have both of us, or neither. Speak up.
human
I'll put on your symbol of servitude and Babe goes to our wedding,--what do you say?
gpt
Right-O, Mr. Saltus agreed with a laugh.
human
It's the usual thing,--a mother accepting life-long punishment for the sake of her child.