human
Good morning, ladies; good morning, Miss Garman. I hope you are both well, said the chaplain, as he came into the room.
gpt
I could not resist your kind invitation, although I knew by experience that a visit to you is far too agreeable to be of very short duration.
human
You are really too kind, Mr. Martens; and your complaisance to such a child of the world as I am, always causes me great astonishment,
gpt
A great many people are astonished at it,
human
No, really! Who? who?
gpt
Ah, you can scarcely understand, Martens began to explain,
human
No! How amusing! Do listen, Madeleine!
gpt
It's all very well for you to laugh, said the chaplain, good humouredly;
human
So Dean Sparre and you get on now. I was under the impression that the relation--
gpt
Yes, at first; only just at first. But I am not ashamed to confess that the fault was on my side. You see, when I first came I took up with some of our so-called Evangelical neighbours; respectable, worthy people, too--I should be sorry to say otherwise--but still, not exactly such--such--
human
Well, answered he, smiling,
gpt
Perfectly!
human
I am sorry to say I took up a false position with regard to the dean, which led to many annoyances until I learnt to know him; then everything smoothed itself down so nicely that, if I may venture to say so, the relations between us became almost that of father and son. He is an extraordinary man,
gpt
Yes, is he not? said Fanny.
human
I think he is the nicest clergyman I have ever seen; and if one did not understand a word of his sermon, it would still be most edifying only to hear him read the service. Then the charming poems he writes!