human
Sophy, said Mrs. Grimshawe gravely, for the remark was made one evening, by her mother's bed-side;
gpt
Mary cannot speak her thoughts, but I understand her perfectly, and can speak them for her, and would seriously ask you, if you think it a crime to sell your soul for money?
human
Certainly not; I would do anything to get rid of the weary life I lead. All day chained down to my needle, and all night kept awake by the moans of the sick. At eighteen years of age, is it not enough to drive me mad?
gpt
It is what the Lord has been pleased to appoint--a heavy burden, doubtless, but meant for your good. Look at Mary: her lot is harder than yours, yet she never repines.
human
Mary is not exposed to the same temptations. Nature has placed her beyond them. I am handsome, and several years younger than her. She is deformed, and has a frightful impediment in her speech, and is so plain that no one could fall in love with her, or wish to make her a wife. Men think her hideous, but they do not laugh at her for being poor and shabby as they do at me.
gpt
Lord, it was Thy hand that made me as I am; let me not rebel against Thy will.