human
Why _won't_ he answer? thought Lady Marabout.
gpt
That I have not been blind to your very marked attention to my dear Cecil, I think you must be aware, Mr. Cheveley, and it is on that subject, indeed, that I----
human
Wished to speak to me? I understand! said Cheveley as she paused, with that faint smile, half sad, half proud, that perplexed Lady Marabout.
gpt
You are about to insinuate to me gently that those attentions have been exceedingly distasteful to you, exceedingly unacceptable in me; you would remind me that Lady Cecil Ormsby is a beauty and an heiress, and that I am a fortune-hunter, whose designs are seen through and motives found out; you would hint to me that our intercourse must cease: is it not so?