human
Well, Winnie, that may be all his regiment is to you--a pack of women and boys in India; indeed that's pretty much what I called it myself. But, in justice to Bertie, we must remember that to him it's a great--a great----
gpt
A great what?
human
Well, a great institution,
gpt
An institution! Yes! Winnie nodded her head.
human
That's it--and I'm absolutely fated to run up against institutions. They wait for me, they lie in hiding, they lurk round corners. And what a lot of them there are, to break one's shins over!
gpt
They all come back to one in the end, I think, said Mrs. Lenoir, smiling. She was glad to hear Winnie's philosophizing. It was a fair proof that neither here was there a broken heart, though there might be some disappointment and vexation.
human
I was very hurt at first, she went on,
gpt
Worth it a thousand times in my case, said Winnie.
human
All the same I didn't in the least understand what it would be like. Only--now I do understand--I'm going to face it. Fancy if I'd had fewer scruples, and effected a furtive entrance into the regiment! What mightn't have happened?