human
What am I to do with him? Lady Carbury said to her cousin.
gpt
It is no use telling me to leave him. I can't do that. I know he is bad. I know that I have done much to make him what he is. As she said this the tears were running down her poor worn cheeks.
human
But he is my child. What am I to do with him now?
gpt
Perhaps I should take him abroad,
human
Would he be better abroad than here?
gpt
He would have less opportunity for vice, and fewer means of running you into debt.
human
Yes, she said,
gpt
I suppose it would be so. I only wish that I might die, so that were an end of it.
human
He might go out to one of the Colonies,
gpt
Yes;--be sent away that he might kill himself with drink in the bush, and so be got rid of. I have heard of that before. Wherever he goes I shall go.
human
If you like to let your house for a period, he said,
gpt
But, Felix?
human
You shall take him there. I am all alone in the world. I can make a home for myself at the cottage. It is empty now. If you think that would save you you can try it for six months.
gpt
And turn you out of your own house? No, Roger. I cannot do that. And, Roger;--what is to be done about Hetta?