human
What was it you done back there in England? I never asked you before,
gpt
Nothing the police could lay hands on me for. I only quarrelled with my bread and butter. I had plenty of it at one time, you see.
human
That means the folks who gave it you?
gpt
Exactly. It was the evident duty of one of them to leave me his property, and I think he would have done it, only he insisted on me taking a wife he had fixed upon as suitable along with it. There was, however, the difficulty that I had made my own choice in the meanwhile. I believe the old man was right now, though I did not think so then, and when we had words on the subject I came out to make a home for the other woman here.
human
And you let up after two years of it?
gpt
I did, said Brooke, with a trace of bitterness.
human
The girl, however, did not wait so long. Before I'd been gone half the time she married a richer man.
gpt
There are women made that way, he said reflectively.
human
Still, you wouldn't have to worry 'bout Bella. Once you showed her who was to do the bossing--with a nice handy strap--she'd stick to you good and tight, and 'most scratch the eyes out of any one who said a word against her husband. Still, I figure she's not quite the kind of woman you would have married in the old country.