human
My dear, she said, warmly clasping both the girl's hands in hers,
gpt
I was so shocked when I read the news! How terrible it must have been for you.
human
I've just been trying to explain to Mr. Glover what happened. Unfortunately, the wonderful Jaggs is not here. He knows more about it than I, for I collapsed in the most feminine way.
gpt
How did he get in--I mean this madman?
human
Through the door.
gpt
It is the last way in the world a lunatic would enter a flat, isn't it? He came in with a key, and he was brought here by somebody who struck a match to make sure it was the right number.
human
He might have struck the match himself, said Jean,
gpt
We found two matches in the hall outside, said Jack,
human
Yes, he did, she answered without hesitation.
gpt
He was talking about him this morning. You see, father has been making a tour of the asylums. He is writing a book about such things. Father was horrified when he heard the man had escaped, because the doctor told him that he was a particularly dangerous lunatic. But who would have imagined he would have turned up here?
human
If one had read that in a book one would never have believed it, would one?
gpt
And the man Hoggins, said Jack, who did not share her wonder.
human
He was by way of being an acquaintance of yours, a member of your father's club, wasn't he?
gpt
I don't remember the name, but if he is a very bad character, she said with a little smile,
human
I should say distinctly that he was a member of father's club! Poor daddy, I don't think he will ever regenerate the East End.
gpt
I don't think he will, agreed Jack heartily.
human
The question is, whether the East End will ever regenerate him.
gpt
How unkind! she said, mockery in her eyes now.
human
I wonder why you dislike him so. He is so very harmless, really. My dear, she turned to the girl with a gesture of helplessness.
gpt
I am afraid that even in this affair Mr. Glover is seeing my sinister influence!
human
You're the most un-sinister person I have ever met, Jean, laughed Lydia,
gpt
Doesn't he?