human
I understand that you haven’t been married long, and that this is a sort of function to inform the world officially that you’re no longer what you were?
gpt
It’s something like that?
human
I believe I shall be friends with this chap.
gpt
Well, Ingpen continued,
human
I wish you happiness. It may seem a strange thing to say to a man in your position, but my opinion is that the proper place for women is--behind the veil. Only my personal opinion, of course! But I’m entitled to hold it, and therefore to express it.
gpt
Yes? Edwin murmured awkwardly. What on earth did Ingpen expect by way of reply to such a proposition? Surely Ingpen should have known that he was putting his host in a disagreeable difficulty. His new-born faith in Ingpen felt the harsh wind of experience and shivered. Nevertheless, there was a part of Edwin that responded to Ingpen’s attitude.
human
Behind the veil.