human
Does that mean marriage?
gpt
It may be so. I am not quite prepared to . . .
human
And that a husband has already been found for her?
gpt
That too perhaps. I will not say . . .
human
Monsignor, said the Reverend Mother, sitting up with dignity
gpt
Fair?
human
Is it fair that after ten years in which her father has done nothing for her, he should determine what her life is to be, without regard to her wish and will?
gpt
Reverend Mother, you surprise me, he said.
human
Since when has a father ceased to be the natural guardian of his child? Has he not been so since the beginning of the world? Doesn't the Church itself build its laws on that foundation?
gpt
Does it? said the Reverend Mother shortly. And then (I could feel her hand trembling as she spoke):
human
Some of its servants do, I know. But when did the Church say that anybody--no matter who--a father or anybody else--should take the soul of another, and control it and govern it, and put it in prison? . . .
gpt
My good lady, said the Bishop,
human
Bishop, said my father, raising his hand,
gpt
I guess it's my right to butt in here, isn't it?