human
What are we to do? she asks of madame, half an hour later.
gpt
This horrid reception staring us in the face! Of course people will go out of curiosity. Marcia always did delight in being talked about.
human
But is her husband so horribly unpresentable?
gpt
Oh, you can present _anything_ here in New York, that is the worst of it! cries Laura, angrily.
human
That is why I like Newport. And Marcia is so utterly silly.
gpt
But Mr. Wilmarth?
human
I hate the sight of him, and Marcia used to say everything about him. He's humpbacked or something, and looks like a tiger. Well, I _do_ wish her joy if ever he should get in a tantrum. You see, after all, the idea of bringing such a man in the family. Floyd's marriage was bad enough.
gpt
But your _petite_ sister-in-law does improve wonderfully.
human
Don't call her anything to me, says Laura, disdainfully.
gpt
She is simply Floyd's wife. I only wish we were going to sail this very day and get out of all the _escalandre_.