human
Oh, Lord Ernest! you were my first thought. I felt I could dare to love you now as you deserved to be loved, without sinning. I determined to tell you all, and to love you still, even though you spurned me from you forever. Oh, Ernest! my noble-hearted! may God forever bless you for forgiving me as you have done, and loving me still!
gpt
My own!--my own! never so well beloved as now! My Maude!--my bride!--my wife! blot out from the leaves of your life that dark page--that year of passion, of error, of sorrow and shame. We will never speak or think of it more, sweet Maude. Germaine has gone to answer for what he has done; if he has sinned while living, so also he has deeply suffered and sorrow-atoned for all. Fiery, passionate and impulsive, if he has wronged others, so also has he been deeply wronged. May God forgive him!
human
Amen,
gpt
And now, Maude, what need of further delay? When shall this dear hand be mine?
human
Whenever you claim it, dear Ernest. I shall have no will but yours now, she answered, with all a woman's devotion in her deep eyes,
gpt
I am yours--yours through life, and beyond death, if I may.
human
They spake not a word. But like dumb statues or breathless stones, Stared on each other and looked deadly pale.
gpt
Oh! positively, your ladyship is looking perfectly dazzling! I never, no, _never_ saw anybody half so beautiful in my life! Oh, Lady Kate! isn't she charming?