human
And so--he--has really gone! Miss Priscilla sighed as she spoke, and looked up from her needle-work to watch Anthea who sat biting her pen, and frowning down at the blank sheet of paper before her.
gpt
And so, he is--really--gone?
human
Who--Mr. Bellew? Oh yes!
gpt
He went--very early!
human
Yes.
gpt
And--without any breakfast!
human
That was--his own fault!
gpt
And without even--saying 'Good-bye'!
human
Perhaps he was in a hurry,
gpt
Oh dear me, no my dear! I don't believe Mr. Bellew was ever in a hurry in all his life.
human
No, said Anthea, giving her pen a vicious bite,
gpt
I don't believe he ever was; he is always so--hatefully placid, and deliberate!
human
Eh, my dear? exclaimed Miss Priscilla, pausing with her needle in mid-air,
gpt
Yes.
human
Anthea!
gpt
I--hate him, Aunt Priscilla!
human
Eh?--My dear!
gpt
That was why I--sent him away.
human
You--sent him away?
gpt
Yes.
human
But--Anthea--why?
gpt
Oh Aunt Priscilla!--surely you never--believed in the--fortune? Surely you guessed it was--_his_ money that paid back the mortgage,--didn't you, Aunt,--didn't you?
human
Well, my dear--. But then--he did it so very--tactfully, and--and--I had hoped, my dear that--
gpt
That I should--marry him, and settle the obligation that way, perhaps?
human
Well, yes my dear, I did hope so--
gpt
Oh!--I'm going to marry--
human
Then why did you send--
gpt
I'm going to marry Mr. Cassilis--whenever he pleases!
human
Anthea!
gpt
He asked me to write and tell him if ever I changed my mind--
human
Oh--my dear! my dear! cried Miss Priscilla reaching out imploring hands,
gpt
Wait! repeated Anthea bitterly,
human
To--marry--him! O Anthea! you never mean it? Think,--think what you are doing.
gpt
I thought of it all last night, Aunt Priscilla, and all this morning, and--I have made up my mind.
human
You mean to write--?
gpt
Yes.
human
To tell Mr. Cassilis that you will--marry him?
gpt
Yes.
human
Oh my dear! she pleaded,
gpt
Dear Aunt Priscilla, I would rather marry one I don't love than have to live beholden all my days to a man that I--hate!