human
I still fail to understand why you adopt this child, said Valeria.
gpt
My _Caterina_ would never have done it.
human
The little creature interests me, said Hadria.
gpt
It is a tiny field for the exercise of the creative forces. Every one has some form of active amusement. Some like golf, others flirtation. I prefer this sort of diversion.
human
But you have your own children to interest you, surely far more than this one.
gpt
They represent to me the insult of society--my own private and particular insult, the tribute exacted of my womanhood. It is through them that I am to be subdued and humbled. Just once in a way, however, the thing does not quite 'come off.'
human
What has set you on edge so, I wonder.
gpt
People, traditions, unimpeachable sentiments.
human
Valeria cried laughing.
gpt
said Hadria.
human
Those who are looked at askance by the world appeal to my instincts. I shall be able to teach this child, perhaps, to strike a blow at the system which sent her mother to a dishonoured grave, while it leaves the man for whose sake she risked all this, in peace and the odour of sanctity.