human
I am sure she does not like him, she said.
gpt
But I fear--
human
What?
gpt
I fear that he is using unfair means to bind her to him.
human
But what can be done? he asked as they walked on again.
gpt
Suppose, for instance, that I became the particular man to whom you alluded, what should you do if you were in my place? We have arrived at a complete labyrinth of suppositions, but still--supposing?
human
I should go to England, and trace the matter out.
gpt
Very direct and decided, Phillis, said Jack with a smile. Christian names had, of course, been used between them all their lives, and it would have been impossible to break off the custom; but still, as if by common consent, they did not use them more often than was necessary, and it seemed to Phillis as if he need not have brought hers in now, still less lingered slightly upon it.
human
Well--it's hard to send me out of Rome, but if the fellow is what you take him to be, there would be a certain pleasure in baffling him, and one could but try.
gpt
Yes, I think so,