human
Don't go, Sir, please, don't; not just yet. And then she added, with an earnest respectfulness that touched the heart of the poor, shabby man,
gpt
I hope you'll pardon the liberty I take. I'm only a servant, but I knew you when you were a boy, Mr. Leaf: and if you would trust me, if you would let me be of use to you in any way--if only because you were so good to him there.
human
Poor Tom Cliffe; he was not a bad fellow; he liked me rather, I think; and I was able to doctor him and help him a little. Heigh-ho; it's a comfort to think I ever did any good to any body.
gpt
Elizabeth, what relation was Tom to you? If I had known you were acquainted with him I should have been afraid to go near him; but I felt sure, though he came from Stowbury, he did not guess who I was; he only knew me as Mr. Smith; and he never once mentioned you. Was he your cousin, or what?
human
I was once going to be married to him, but he saw somebody he liked better, and married her.
gpt
Poor girl; poor Elizabeth?