human
He didn't save money to git his wife that silk gown with your milk money, said she,
gpt
Must have been dealin' with a trust, then, said one of the horsemen, with a loud laugh.
human
Guess he's been cheatin' 'most everything else.
gpt
And that lady ain't his wife, neither, said Madame Griggs to Tappan.
human
That's his sister. I made another gown for his wife, a lighter shade, an' I 'ain't been paid for that, neither. Suddenly she burst into a hysterical wail.
gpt
Oh, dear! she sobbed.
human
Oh, dear! Here I've worked early an' late. Here I've got up in the mornin' before light an' worked till most dawn, an' me none too strong, never was, and always havin' to scratch for myself, a poor, lone woman, an' here I am in debt, an' they sendin' out for the money; an' I've worked so hard to build up my business, an' tried to make things nice, an' please, an' here I've got to fail. Oh, dear! Suddenly she made a weak rush across the room, her silk petticoat giving out a papery rustle, her frizzes vibrating like wire under her hat, crested with ostrich plumes. She danced up to Carroll and looked at him with indescribable piteousness of accusation.
gpt
Why couldn't you, if you had to cheat, cheat a man an' not a woman like me?
human
Look at my hands, said she.
gpt
See how thin they be. I've worked them 'most to the bone for your folks. I took a lot of pride in havin' your daughter look nice when she was married. If I was a man an' goin' to steal, I'd steal from somebody besides a woman with no more strength than I have, all alone in the world, and that's been knocked hard ever since she can remember. Then she brought a stiffly starched little handkerchief from the folds of a small purse, and she wept with a low, querulous wail like a baby. Standing before Carroll,
human
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh--dear!