human
But they must have somebody, she said.
gpt
They must eat, I suppose! Somebody must cook for them. They cannot starve!
human
Who knows? Who knows? Perhaps they will starve.
gpt
But why did the servants go away in a body?
human
They never were paid. None of us ever got our wages. For some time the family has paid nobody. The day before yesterday, the telephone company sent a man to take away the instrument. Then the electric light was cut off. When that happens, it is all over.
gpt
And there is nobody? They have nobody at all?
human
There is my wife, said the porter.
gpt
But she is old, he added apologetically,
human
There were sixteen servants in the house yesterday, continued the porter.
gpt
I remember when there were thirty, in the times of the old Prince.
human
There would be still, if the family had been wise, said the Baroness severely.
gpt
Is your wife upstairs?
human
Who knows where she is? enquired the porter by way of answer, and with the air of a man who fears that he may never see his wife again.
gpt
There are three hundred rooms. Who knows where she is?