human
I guess I never was intended for a horseback rider, she admitted with a sigh.
gpt
No, I'm not exactly scared, dearie--who'd be afraid of old trained sheep like them? You ought to have seen the trotters Calloway used to drive! Nothing ever come too fast for Calloway. But somehow it's different when you're on top of 'em, with nothing to hold on by. And then those bones in front. It was something fierce!
human
But why not go without bones in front, as I do?
gpt
Ever see me without a corset, hon? And you never will! No woman of my weight should ever be seen in public in her natural figger, not even in her coffin. Say, Joan, promise me you won't let the undertaker lay me out without a corset on!
human
A matter of inheritance, doubtless, he said modestly.
gpt
As you know, Dollykins, I am a believer in the power of inheritance.