human
When I met her at Torquay, he went on, looking away from her with delicacy,
gpt
I had no idea she was your daughter. I had never even heard your married name, but something in her, particularly a trick she has with her hands, and then the shape of her ears, always recalled you, and I encouraged myself, deliberately encouraged myself, to fall in love with her. I very nearly succeeded too, he added smiling.
human
Who could not? Such a charming child.
gpt
Then I came here and saw you. You, as the years had made you--as the years of Ferdinand Walbridge had made you,
human
Poor Ferdie, she murmured,
gpt
They never do, he answered dryly.
human
The very worst husbands are those who did not mean it.
gpt
Well, then, he went on, after a moment,
human
I had a good deal of thinking, one way and another, and it struck me that if I could make her happy it would make you happy as well. And I tried.
gpt
Oh, you have, you have; you have been so good, she interrupted, clasping her hands.
human
It's only that she is not very well.
gpt
Surely you must see, he asked slowly,
human
Then there _is_ something the matter with her?
gpt
Of course there is. Why, look at her, he rejoined roughly.
human
She nearly fainted under your very noses out of sheer misery to-night, and not one of you saw the reason.
gpt
What was the reason?
human
Wick, young Wick. She is madly in love with him, and he is worth it.