human
And where do the officers' wives--I suppose some of you have wives?--come in?
gpt
Oh, they're awfully important, Miss Wilson. The social tone depends so much on them. You see, with a parcel of young chaps--the subalterns, you know--well, you do see, don't you?
human
Well, I think I can see that, Major Merriam. They mustn't flirt with the subalterns? At any rate, not too much?
gpt
That's rotten. But they ought to teach them their manners.
human
Ought to be motherly? You don't look as if that sounded quite right! Elder-sisterly?
gpt
That's more like it, Miss Wilson.