human
I hope we are to have some national dances, said Miss Temperley.
gpt
My brother and I are both looking forward to seeing a true reel danced by natives of the country.
human
Oh, certainly! said Mr. Fullerton.
gpt
My daughters are rather celebrated for their reels, especially Hadria.
human
The girl gets quite out of herself when she is dancing, said Mrs. Fullerton.
gpt
She won't be scolded about it, for she says she takes after her father!
human
That's the time to get round her, observed Fred.
gpt
If we want to set her up to some real fun, we always play a reel and wait till she's well into the spirit of the thing, and then, I'll wager, she would stick at nothing.
human
It's a fact, added Ernest.
gpt
It really seems to half mesmerise her.
human
How very curious!
gpt
I would try again to-night, Hubert,
human
There is nothing to be really alarmed at in her ideas, regrettable as they are. She is young. That sort of thing will soon wear off after she is married.
gpt
She doesn't know what she is talking about. These high-flown lectures and discussions have filled all their heads with nonsense. It will have to be rooted out when they come to face the world. No use to oppose her now. Nothing but experience will teach her. She must just be humoured for the present. They have all run a little wild in their notions. Time will cure that.
human
I am sure of it, said Hubert tolerantly.
gpt
They don't know the real import of what they say.
human
They are like the young Russians one reads about in Turgenieff's novels, said Henriette--
gpt
And you really believe----?
human
Dear Hubert, I know something of my sex. After a year of married life, a woman has too many cares and responsibilities to trouble about ideas of this kind, or of any other.
gpt
She strikes me as being somewhat persistent by nature,
human
Let her be as persistent as she may, it is not possible for any woman to resist the laws and beliefs of Society. What can she do against all the world? She can't escape from the conditions of her epoch. Oh! she may talk boldly now, for she does not understand; she is a mere infant as regards knowledge of the world, but once a wife----
gpt
I could not endure that there should be any disturbance--any eccentricity--in our life----
human
My dear boy, if you don't trust to the teaching of experience to cure Hadria of these fantastic notions, rely upon the resistless persuasions of our social facts and laws. Nothing can stand against them--certainly not the fretful heresies of an inexperienced girl, who, remember, is really good and kind at heart.
gpt
Ah! yes, cried Hubert;
human
Oh! if she were not that, _I_ would never encourage you to think of her, cried Henriette with a shudder.
gpt
It is on this essential goodness of heart that I rely. She would never be able, try as she might, to act in a manner that would really distress those who were dear to her. You may count upon that securely.
human
Yes; I am sure of it, said Hubert,
gpt
(he shook his head and sighed)
human
I am not among those who are dear to her.
gpt
Try to win her to-night, she murmured,
human
Ah! here you are, cried Mr. Fullerton,