human
Is Masters trying to make himself agreeable? he asks.
gpt
Let me know if I am to look out for another housekeeper, Barbara.
human
You needn't get anybody just yet,
gpt
Very good, her uncle replies.
human
Give me a month's warning, that's all I ask.
gpt
Good riddance! says the little man on the rug.
human
Of all the ill-mannered, cross-grained fellows I ever met, there goes the worst! A Rothwell! He's worse than any Rothwell, and not the genuine thing either! Can't he behave decently to my friends at my own table? What does he mean by his confounded rudeness? Masters is a better man than ever he will be!
gpt
she thinks it best to say,
human
Well, uncle, it isn't for very long. Mr. Harding will soon be going away.
gpt
Yes, he'll soon be going away, and for good too! Never will _he_ set foot inside Mitchelhurst Place again--I can tell him that! When he crosses the threshold he crosses it once for all. Never again--never again!
human
When he crosses the threshold, he crosses it once for all.