human
Now, then, let's have it. You want Honor to go to Marlborough. As she herself asked and I myself repeated,--why?
gpt
And as I answered you both, said his wife, trying hard to keep the conversation spinning lightly in the air as he did,
human
And I, said her husband,
gpt
This was the place for Mildred Lorimer to fling her own _why_ but her husband was too quick for her.
human
Because she is so much finer and sounder and saner and sweeter as she is. Mildred, I have never seen any living creature so selfless. What was the word they coined in that play about Mars?--'_Otherdom?_' That's it, yes; otherdom. That's Honor Carmody. She could have finished grammar school at twelve, but Jimsy needed her help.
gpt
That's just it! Can't you see how wrong that is?
human
No. I'm too much occupied with seeing how right it is. Good Lord, my dear, in a world given over to the first person perpendicular, can't you see the amazing beauty and rarity of your child's soul? Every day and all day long she gives herself,--to you, to me, to the kiddies, to her friends. She is the eternal mother.