human
I will stop it. And I hope you will never speak of her again. I certainly never will entertain her again under any circumstances,
gpt
You will entertain her the next time I tell you to.
human
Have you anything else to say to me?
gpt
Only that if you try to ride your high horse with me, he replied,
human
I will send you back to St. Louis some fine day.
gpt
Is that all?
human
That is all. And if you think I don’t mean what I say, try it sometime.
gpt
I despise your threats, she said, choking with her own words.
human
I despise you. I can’t tell you how I despise you. Her heart beat rebelliously and she shook in every limb; expressions that she would not have known for her own fell stinging from her lips.
gpt
You have bullied me for the last time. I have stood your abuse for five years. It will stop now. You will do the cringing and creeping from now on. That woman never shall sit down at a table with me again, not if you beg it of me on your knees. You are a cowardly wretch; I know you perfectly; you never were anything else. I have paid dearly for ever believing you a man. Her contempt burned the words she uttered.
human
Now drive me one step further, she sobbed wildly,