human
Have you been made to feel that? Has my wife ever caused you to believe that you were an unwelcome member of our household?
gpt
No, Father! I shall never give her the chance to make me feel unwelcome. That is why I want my mother's money.
human
I am not at all sure, he said presently,
gpt
What does that matter? interrupted Joan,
human
Something impelled her to add,
gpt
And when Ellen Neal knows, too?
human
Perhaps you are not aware that regardless of any will whatsoever the law entitles me to one-third of my wife's estate?
gpt
You're welcome to it, Daddy; you're perfectly welcome to it, of course! It isn't that I want to take anything away from _you_. It's--oh, won't you _please_ understand, and not be hurt with me? she implored.
human
I only want to know how much there is, how much money I can count on getting every month to live on. Just income, you know. I wouldn't think of touching the--principal, don't you call it?