human
I really don't know what to do about the rooms, says Mrs. Grandon.
gpt
It was absurd in Floyd to take that elegant spare chamber when he had two rooms of his own and all the tower; and if one should say a word, my lady would be in high dudgeon, no doubt.
human
Mother, begins Gertrude in a calm tone,--and it seems as if Gertrude had lost her sickly whine in this bracing autumn weather,--
gpt
Oh, I dare say! with a touch of scorn, meant to wither both speaker and person spoken of,
human
You forget the house is Floyd's.
gpt
No, I do _not_; I am not allowed to, with stately emphasis.
human
When Floyd was down to the city he was the tenderest of sons to me. She is a sly, treacherous little thing; you can see it in her face. I never would trust a person with red hair, and she sets him up continually. He is so different when he is away from her; Laura remarked it. How he ever could have married her!
gpt
It would be the simplest act of courtesy to speak about the room; just mention it to Floyd.
human
We must invite the Brades and the Van Bergens to the dinner, though I suppose Laura will choose the guests and divide them to her liking; only at the dinner we shall have no dancing. Laura is to come up to-morrow.
gpt
If you would like me to speak about the room----
human
I believe I am still capable of attending to my own affairs,
gpt
I want some money, she says, with a kind of infantile gayety.
human
I have bills and bills; their name is legion.
gpt
How much?
human
I think--you may as well give me a thousand dollars,
gpt
Well, and she tosses her head, setting the short curls in a flutter,
human
You had better think before spending it, he answers, gravely.
gpt
You will then have four thousand left.
human
It is my own money.
gpt
I know it is. But, Marcia, you all act as if there was to be no end to it. If you should get all your part, the ten thousand, it would be only a small sum and easily spent. What do you want to do with so much just now?
human
I told you I had bills to pay, she says, pettishly,
gpt
Then she lights upon what seems to her a withering sarcasm.
human
I have no one to take me to Madame Vauban's and pay no end of bills. If I bought dresses like that when I had no need of them and was not in society----
gpt
Hush, Marcia! he commands,