human
Are you saying that about Kátya?
gpt
Exactly so ... about your daughter.
human
And you have come from Moscow for that purpose?
gpt
Yes, from Moscow.
human
Merely for that?
gpt
Merely for that.
human
Why, you--are an author? Do you write in the newspapers?
gpt
No, I am not an author,--and up to the present time, I have never written for the newspapers.
human
Consequently ... it is for your own pleasure?
gpt
Out of sympathy, out of reverence for talent,
human
pleased Madame Milovídoff.
gpt
Very well! she ejaculated with a sigh....
human
Although I am her mother, and grieved very greatly over her.... It was such a catastrophe, you know!... Still, I must say, that she was always a crazy sort of girl, and ended up in the same way! Such a disgrace.... Judge for yourself: what sort of a thing is that for a mother? We may be thankful that they even buried her in Christian fashion.... Madame Milovídoff crossed herself.--
gpt
From the time she was a small child she submitted to no one,--she abandoned the paternal roof ... and finally, it is enough to say that she became an actress! Every one knows that I did not turn her out of the house; for I loved her! For I am her mother, all the same! She did not have to live with strangers,--and beg alms!... Here the widow melted into tears.--
human
But if you, sir, she began afresh, wiping her eyes with the ends of her kerchief,
gpt
human
Ánnotchka! called Madame Milovídoff:--
gpt
Ánnotchka, come hither! There's some gentleman or other from Moscow who wants to talk about Kátya!
human
Ánnotchka! cried the widow again--
gpt
Anna Semyónovna! come hither, I tell thee!
human
Ah! Feódor Feódoritch!
gpt
Come, now, talk with the gentleman, said Madame Milovídoff, rising ponderously from her seat:
human
He has taken the trouble to come expressly from Moscow,--he wishes to collect information about Kátya. But you must excuse me, sir, she added, turning to Arátoff....
gpt
I shall go away, to attend to domestic affairs. You can have a good explanation with Ánnotchka--she will tell you about the theatre ... and all that sort of thing. She's my clever, well-educated girl: she speaks French and reads books quite equal to her dead sister. And she educated her sister, I may say.... She was the elder--well, and so she taught her.