human
And she'll hear of it anyhow, if they keep up their infernal clack, said he fiercely.
gpt
I'd like to choke the whole confounded pack.
human
The talk would all die out, said ANN slowly,
gpt
Any fool can see that, replied he.
human
What do you mean?
gpt
I've been thinking of going, she continued,
human
Where to?
gpt
Oh, anywhere, she replied.
human
I can dance a jig, you know. I'll go to New York, and let myself as the 'Eminent and Graceful Queen of Terpsichore, imported from Paris at a cost of Forty Thousand Dollars in Gold.' And then I'll make a tour of the New England States. Or I'll learn to play the banjo and get off slang phrases, and then I'll appear as 'The Beautiful and Gifted Artist, ANNETTA BRUMMETTA, who has, by her guileless vivacity, charmed our most Fashionable Circles.' Or I'll go as Assistant Teacher in a Select Boarding School for Young Ladies. I ain't proud, you know.
gpt
Let me advise you, said he,
human
That ain't the point, she retorted sharply.
gpt
I ain't got rid of so easily as _that_, I tell you.
human
What do you mean by that?
gpt
I mean just this, she returned.
human
I won't go at all if you don't do what's right by me. If you'll agree to my terms I'll go, and not without.
gpt
Your _terms_! said he, with a sneer.
human
Well, that _is_ a go. What may your 'terms' be?
gpt
Marriage, replied she;
human
Marry _you_? Well, I guess not, said he.
gpt
Do you take me for an idiot?
human
You ain't obliged to stick by it, she continued.
gpt
We're in Indiana, ain't we? We'll take a minister and a lawyer along with us. While the minister is marrying us, the lawyer can be at work on the divorce papers. When you are JEFFRY MAULBOY again, a single man, and I'm once more ANN BRUMMET. spinster, I'll go away and never trouble you again. There's no risk. I go in ANN BRUMMET, and come out ANN BRUMMET, all inside of two hours, and there's nobody to tell of it. The lawyer and minister are used to it, you see, and the secret's safe with _them_.
human
I won't do it,
gpt
All right, then, she replied;
human
I'll write to Mrs. CUPID and tell her the whole story, and I'll stay here besides. It'll be hard enough on me for a while if I go, and harder still if I stay; but I'll do it to _spite you_. I'll break off your match with Mrs. CUPID if I _do_ stay, now mark my words.