human
What do you mean by this, girl? he asked, flourishing a folded paper in her face.
gpt
Did I not command you to have nothing more to do with that worthless fellow? And here you are actually writing to him, and bribing my servants to fetch his letters and to take him your answers! What do you mean?
human
I mean, sir, Betsy answered, facing him bravely,
gpt
Betsy! Betsy! my dear, my dear! wailed her mother,
human
Mother, mother, have you no feeling for your daughter, that you have said no word to help her in all these months? Are you so under the thrall of that tyrant that you meekly submit without a protest to such treatment of me? Yes, she said, turning to her father, who stood motionless, his eyes blazing, his face white with passion,
gpt
Be silent, before I strike you! cried her father, advancing toward her.
human
Go! Fling yourself into your lover's arms as soon as you please. I wash my hands of you, you willful, passionate hussy!
gpt
Stop! stop! this instant, Hiram Gilcrest, shrieked his wife, rising from her chair and stamping her foot. Then she rushed to him, caught his arm and actually shook him, crying:
human
You shall not heap such abuse on my child! I have been silent long enough.
gpt
Yes, you are a brute to use such language and to treat your daughter so! And now, I suppose you'll beat me, next; you look as though you'd like to fell us both to the earth with that whip--oh! oh! oh!