human
Then you can't have a day fixed,
gpt
How long do you suppose that we shall be kept here?
human
I do not know what you mean by being kept here. This is your home, and this is where you may make up your minds to live.
gpt
But we are to go back?
human
You'll not return to London this season,
gpt
Do you mean that that is settled?
human
I mean to say that that is settled,
gpt
Then, papa, she said, with affected calmness,
human
How dare you speak to me in that way, you wicked child!
gpt
I am not a child, papa, as you know very well. I am my own mistress,--by law.
human
Then go and be your own mistress. You dare to tell me, your father, that I have premeditated a falsehood! If you tell me that again, you shall eat your meals in your own room or not eat them in this house.
gpt
Did you not promise that we should go back if we would come down and entertain these people?
human
I will not argue with a child, insolent and disobedient as you are. If I have anything to say about it, I will say it to your mother. It should be enough for you that I, your father, tell you that you have to live here. Now go away, and if you choose to be sullen, go and be sullen where I shan't see you.