human
Please don't cry, Aunt Pauline. I can't bear you to think me ungrateful. But, after all, what have I done? I dare say--I am sure, indeed, that you are only anxious for my welfare. And what sort of a life could I expect if I married a man I could not love?
gpt
I beg you will not talk such nursery-maid's nonsense to me, May, returned her aunt, sprinkling some rose-water on her pocket-handkerchief, and dabbing her wet cheeks with it.
human
Could not love, indeed! Why could you not love him? Do you expect to rant through a _grande passion_ like a heroine on the stage? I am shocked at you, May! Girls in your position owe a duty to society.