human
I’d rather have been a—a bad woman, Marcel quivered, using the term almost reverently,
gpt
It don’t pay to be good, Mam’selle!
human
Yes; it does, Marcel, it does. Jo’s voice shook.
gpt
It pays to do your best with the things that _are_, as you see them. It’s when we try to do what others think is good, others who haven’t our problems, that we get lost. We women folks have got to blaze our own way and stick to it. No man, or man’s God, is ever going to side-track me. And, Marcel, I thank you for what you came to do for me. There may be a time coming when you can serve me, and I’m sure you will. But if ever I did you a good turn, you’ve more than paid me back to-day.