human
My lord, I am going to entrust to you the dearest thing I have on earth, my daughter--to place her under the safeguard of your honour--to rely for her protection and defence upon your chivalry. As an English nobleman, of high name and fame, I do trust you without a doubt. I must make my way through that fire by some means--I must save some papers, and two pictures, which I value more than my own life. I will take my good friend Chando here with me. I must leave you to conduct Edith to a place of safety.
gpt
Oh, my father!
human
If you follow that road, he continued, pointing to the one which led southward,
gpt
Oh, my father, my father! cried Edith, dropping her rein and clasping her hands together, longing to follow, yet unwilling to disobey.
human
He will be lost--I fear he will be lost!
gpt
I trust not, said Lord H----, in a firm, calm tone, well fitted to inspire hope and confidence.
human
He knows the country well, and can take advantage of every turning to avoid the flame. Besides, if you look along what I imagine to be the course of the stream, you will see a deep undulation, as it were, in that sea of smoke, and, when the wind blows strongly, it is almost clear. He said, too, that the banks continued free from trees.
gpt
As far as the bridge and the rapids near our house, replied Edith;
human
But the fire has evidently not reached that spot, observed the young nobleman;
gpt
Then can we not follow him?
human
To what purpose? returned Lord H----;
gpt
he added,
human
Thank you much, she answered, gazing up into his face, on which the lingering light in the west cast a warm glow;
gpt
Miss Prevost, were uttered as if they should have been
human
Edith? --what if the familiar expression of
gpt
sounded almost as if it had been,