human
Oh, she was saying to herself,
gpt
I do hope Mary's out!)--Well, Alfred?
human
Mrs. North, he said, his face red, his eye hard,
gpt
Oh, Alfred, isn't it horrid in them?
human
Darn 'em!
gpt
It makes me mad! cried Mrs. North; then her spirit wavered.
human
Mary is so foolish; she says she'll--she'll take me away from Old Chester. I laughed at first, it was so foolish. But when she said that--oh _dear_!
gpt
Well, but, my dear madam, say you won't go. Ain't you skipper?
human
No, I'm not, she said, dolefully.
gpt
Mary brought me here, and she'll take me away, if she thinks it best. Best for _me_, you know. Mary is a good daughter, Alfred. I don't want you to think she isn't. But she's foolish. Unmarried women are apt to be foolish.
human
Well, he said, with the simple candor of the sea,
gpt
I guess there ain't much difference in 'em, married or unmarried.
human
It's the interference makes me mad,
gpt
Damn the whole crew!
human
Thank you, Alfred!
gpt
My daughter-in-law is crying her eyes out,
human
Tck! said Mrs. North;
gpt
Alfred, you have no sense. Let her cry. It's good for her!
human
Oh no,
gpt
You're a perfect slave to her,
human
No more than you are to your daughter,
gpt
We are just real foolish, Alfred, to listen to 'em. As if we didn't know what was good for us.
human
People have interfered with us a good deal, first and last,
gpt
So they have,
human
I suppose I can stay at home, and let 'em get over it?
gpt
Stay at home? Why, you'd far better--
human
What?
gpt
Come oftener! cried the old lady.
human
Let 'em get over it by getting used to it.
gpt
But how about your daughter?
human
I forgot Mary,
gpt
I don't bother you, coming to see you, do I?
human
Why, Alfred, I love to see you. If our children would just let us alone!
gpt
First it was our parents, said Captain Price. He frowned heavily.
human
According to other people, first we were too young to have sense; and now we're too old.