human
Well, Florence, did you get a place?
gpt
No, Mrs. O'Keefe,
human
And why not? Did the woman think you didn't know enough?
gpt
She objected to me because I was not living in a fashionable quarter --at least that was one of her objections.
human
I'm sure you've got a nate, clane home, and it looks as nate as wax all the time.
gpt
It isn't exactly stylish,
human
You are, at any rate. What does the woman want, I'd like to know?
gpt
She doesn't want me. It seems Mrs. Leighton did not speak very highly of me.
human
The trollop! I'd like to give her a box on the ear, drat her impudence! said the irate apple-woman.
gpt
And what will you be doin' now?
human
Do you think I can get some sewing to do, Mrs. O'Keefe?
gpt
Yes, Miss Florence--I'll get you some vests to make; but it's hard work and poor pay.
human
I must take what I can get, sighed Florence.
gpt
I cannot choose.
human
If you'd only tend an apple-stand, Miss Florence! There's Mrs. Brady wants to sell out on account of the rheumatics, and I've got a trifle in the savings bank--enough to buy it. You'd make a dollar a day, easy.
gpt
It isn't to be thought of, Mrs. O'Keefe. If you will kindly see about getting me some sewing, I will see how I can get along.