human
So you've come to tell me I'm not on the team any more, I s'pose, Mrs. Case?
gpt
I am sorry to tell you that, after your actions at the game with East High Wednesday afternoon, it has been decided that another girl nominated to your position on Team Number 1 would probably do better,
human
Well! snapped Hester.
gpt
You've been wanting to get me off ever since last spring----
human
Hester! although we are not at school now, we are discussing school matters, and I am one of your teachers. Just as long as you attend Central High you must speak respectfully to and of your instructors, both in and out of school. Do you wish me to report your language to Mr. Sharp?
gpt
For I can assure you, continued Mrs. Case,
human
I don't know that I would be very sorry,
gpt
You think you would not, said Mrs. Case;
human
I wish father would send me to a boarding-school, anyway.
gpt
And I doubt if that would help you any. You will not be advised, Hester. But you will learn yet that I speak the truth when I tell you that you will be neither happy, nor popular, wherever you go, unless you control your temper.
human
What do I care about those nasty girls on the Hill? sputtered the butcher's daughter.
gpt
They're a lot of nobodies, if they _are_ so stuck-up.
human
There is not a girl in your class, Hester, who puts on airs over you--or who attempts to, said Mrs. Case, warmly.
gpt
And you know that is so. Deep in your heart, Hester, you know just where the trouble lies. Your lack of self-control and your envy are at the root of all your troubles in school and in athletics.
human
Now I am forced to remove you from this team where--if you would keep your temper--you could be of much use. You are a good player at basketball--one of the best in Central High. And we have to deny you the privilege of playing on the champion team because----
gpt
Just because the other girls don't want me to play with them!
human
And can they be blamed? demanded the teacher, quite exasperated herself now.
gpt
If you had any loyalty to Central High you would not have acted as you did.
human
I don't care!
gpt
You are hopeless, she said, decisively.
human
I had it in mind to offer you a chance to win back your position on the team. But such consideration would be thrown away on you.
gpt
I don't want to play with the horrid, stuck-up things! cried Hester, quite beside herself now with rage and mortification.
human
I hate them all. I don't want any of them to be my friends. And as for your old athletics--I'm going to tell father that they're no good and that I want to withdraw from the League.
gpt
You may be saved the necessity for that if you haven't a care, Hester,