human
My dear Gerald! he exclaimed,
gpt
I am glad to see you.
human
Is it possible? he cried.
gpt
Is it really Geoffrey Vickars?
human
Myself, and no other, Gerald.
gpt
The saints be praised! Why, I have been thinking of you all these years as either dead or labouring at an oar in the Moorish galleys. By what good fortune did you escape? and how is it I find you here, looking for all the world like a merchant of the city?
human
It is too long a story to tell now, Gerald. Where are you staying?
gpt
I have lodgings at Westminster, being at present a suitor at court.
human
Is your wife with you?
gpt
She is. I have left my four children at home in Ireland.
human
Then bring her to sup with me this evening. I have a wife to introduce to yours, and as she is also a Spaniard it will doubtless be a pleasure to them both.
gpt
You astound me, Geoffrey. However, you shall tell me all about it this evening, for be assured that we shall come. Inez has so often talked about you, and lamented the ill-fortune that befell you owing to your ardour.
human
At six o'clock, then, Geoffrey said.
gpt
I generally dwell with my father-in-law at Chelsea, but am just at present at home. My house is in St. Mary Axe; anyone there will tell you which it is.