human
Milly, you're one of the Jerrys; you get nothing but affection. Is it because you demand it, or just because you are beautiful and people give it to you?
gpt
Gen'l'mum to see yu, Miss Judd,
human
Thank you, Billy. Welcome,
gpt
You're a most excellent guide, my son,
human
I seen right away he didn't know this neighbourhood, Miss Judd, so I sez to him: 'What ye lookin' fer?'
gpt
Thank you much, Billy,
human
Is this your family?
gpt
Yes. Her name is Militant, but we call her Milly, as a sort of tactful evasion. Protects her with the neighbours, who are, on the whole, conservatives.
human
I have to get used to you at home.
gpt
Yes, this is you--virginal, cloistered. Where did you get that Salome?
human
I don't know. I understand Salome.
gpt
I'm enormously curious about you. Where did you come from? Who were your people? How did you get here?
human
It isn't a bit interesting. I was born in a little town named Warburton, in New Jersey. My father was John Judd. He had a grocery store and was a leading citizen. My mother was an actress.
gpt
Ah!
human
The company she was with went broke in our town, and she stayed on as cashier in Judd's store. He married her and I was the only child. She died when I was twenty; my father followed when I was twenty-two. I sold the grocery, paid the debts, and came to New York to be an author.