human
Did you never try to learn keeping accounts or typewriting?
gpt
I tried it once. I could manage the figures, but the mill shut down.
human
I've an idea that I could find you a post. It looks as if I'm going to be a person of some little influence in the future, which --he laughed--
gpt
No, she said decidedly;
human
Well, he replied,
gpt
I don't want to be officious--but how can I help?
human
You can't help at all.
gpt
I've spent nine years in this country, in the hardest kind of work; but all the while I fancied that money meant power, that if I ever got enough of it I could do what I liked! Now I find that I can't do the first simple thing that would please me! What a cramped, hide-bound world it is!
human
Yes; it's a very cramped world to some of us; but complaining won't do any good, She paused with a faint sigh.
gpt
Don't spoil this evening. You and Mr. Carroll have been very kind. It's so quiet and calm here--though it was pleasant on board the yacht--and soon we'll have to go to work again.
human
Then you must be fond of the sea,
gpt
I love it! I was born beside it--where the big, green hills drop to the head of the water and you can hear the Atlantic rumble on the rocks all night long.
human
Ah! exclaimed Vane;
gpt
I'm wearying for it always; and some day, perhaps, I'll win back for another glimpse at the old place.
human
You wouldn't go to stay?
gpt
That would be impossible! What would I do yonder, after this other life? Once you leave the old land, you can never quite get back again.