human
Oh, yes. I should like him to be happy. You're too young to understand, Oliver. I hope you never will understand. But I'm not at all angry with him, and I've always disliked Mrs. Crichell very much.
gpt
So have I. Couldn't bear her, and neither could my mother. But why did you send for me, Mrs. Walbridge? I'll do any mortal thing for you, but the better I understand, the more useful I shall be.
human
Oh, I just want you to stand up for me when they all attack me, and try to make me divorce him.
gpt
I see. I certainly think the choice ought to be yours. But, he added,
human
I don't agree with you. I--I think you're making a mistake. By the way, has the lady any money?
gpt
Oh, yes, she's quite well off.
human
Well, I--it beats me. Why do you suppose she wants him? Then he added, feeling that he had failed in tact, in thus speaking of the man who, after all, was his companion's husband, and whom she wanted, in her queer way, to help.
gpt
Well, it beats me.
human
Mr. Walbridge has always been considered a very handsome man,