human
Isabel, cried Aunt Bridget,
gpt
I hope you are satisfied with your child at last.
human
What has Mary been doing now, dear?
gpt
Don't ask me what she has been doing. You know quite well, or if you don't you ought to.
human
Mary has done wrong, but I am sure she is sorry and will never do it again.
gpt
Sorry, indeed! cried my Aunt.
human
Not she sorry. And she'll do it again at the very next opportunity. The vixen! The little wilful, underhand vixen! But what wonder if children go wrong when their own mothers neglect to correct them.
gpt
I daresay you are quite right, dear Bridget--you are always right, said my mother in a low, grave voice.
human
But then I'm not very well, and Mary is all I have, you know.