human
It might have been much worse, said Lady Cinnamond innocently.
gpt
I cannot discover that Honour's heart was at all touched. But as you may imagine, her aunts were much distressed, and it was almost a relief to them to send her out to us as soon as an escort could be found.
human
Yes? said Mrs Jardine for the third time, but as it was evident no further information was forthcoming, she covered her disappointment with a little gush of friendly interest.
gpt
And do tell me, dear Lady Cinnamond, what is the dear girl's real name? As I said to Mr Jardine only two days ago, 'You may take my word for it, Samuel, Miss Cinnamond was baptized Honora or Honoria. Honour is merely a sweet little family name.'
human
I suppose it may sound foolish to strangers, said Lady Cinnamond, with a calmness that suggested she did not care whether it did or not.
gpt
It was a kind of joke of Sir Arthur's. I was playing with her one day when she was a baby, and calling her in Spanish the dearest thing in the world, and he pounced on me at once. 'I thought honour was the dearest thing in the world?' he said--I had told him so long before--and after that he would not hear of calling the baby anything but Honour.