human
Do be quiet!
gpt
Poor thing!
human
Yes. But she will get over it in time--she is strong and healthy. I have telegraphed to the consul at Florence to meet her, and take every care of her; he is to give her money from me, and then he is to send her to Stockholm, comfortably, in the charge of a suitable person. When she arrives there she will find a tidy little sum to her credit at a banker's.
gpt
You're paying well for her scare.
human
I'm paying well for my comfort.
gpt
She won't be there, will she--I mean at the house?
human
Oh yes.
gpt
What will she do when she sees us?
human
She will bring in the breakfast just as she brings it every morning, and Hannibal and the cats will follow behind. Perhaps she will talk rather more than usual; if she does, it will be on the most agreeable topics, and her smile (which you admire so much) will be sweeter than ever; her hair will be braided to perfection, and, what is more important, her work will be done to perfection. We shall pretend, both of us, she and I, that we don't see the mark of the bite on my hand. Shall I go on? In a week or two, probably, she will marry her Goro, and then he will be so constantly under my feet that I shall end by installing him as my gardener for life. He will do no work of importance; but, owing to his presence, _I_ shall continue to enjoy the services of a waitress whom you yourself have described as a regular marvel.