human
To lock up a poor, little motherless thing, such a night as this! muttered she, putting her spectacles, the thermometer of her anger, on the top of her head.
gpt
To leave her there to perish. Why, the wild beasts themselves would be ashamed of such behaviour, let alone a man.
human
Don't, Miss Thusa, whispered Helen,
gpt
I do not wonder at your displeasure, sir, said the master, turning to Mr. Gleason, with dignity;
human
I deserve to feel it, for my unpardonable forgetfulness. But I must say in my defence, I never should have thought of such a punishment, had it not been suggested by yourself.
gpt
Suggested by me! repeated Mr. Gleason, angrily;
human
I don't know what you mean, sir!
gpt
Your eldest daughter brought me a message, to this effect--that you desired me to try solitary confinement in the dark, as the most effectual means to bring her to obedience; having no other dark place, I shut her in my desk, and never having deposited a living bundle there before, I really think I ought to be pardoned for forgetting her.
human
Is it possible my daughter carried such a message to you from _me_, cried Mr. Gleason,
gpt
I never sent it.
human
Just like Mittie, cried Miss Thusa,
gpt
Hush! exclaimed Mr. Gleason, mortified as this disclosure of Mittie's unamiable disposition, and shocked at the instance first made known to him.
human
This is not a proper time for such remarks; I don't wish to hear them.
gpt
You ought to hear them, whether you want to or not, continued the indomitable spinster,