human
That is the very place, sir! The very spot where I stood by the easy-chair in which my dear master breathed his last, his head supported on my shoulder.
gpt
And it was there you found him, was it not, Hallings, when
human
Yes, sir! yes! there, in that very spot, from whence, as you see, he could just reach the mantel-shelf, where stood --But here the old servant stopt abruptly, glancing towards me a look of troubled consciousness; and L----, hastening to relieve his embarrassment, said,
gpt
Fear nothing, good Hallings, from my friend Hervey here! He is one from whom I have no secrets--who would feel as you and I do on the subject of your thoughts, if he were acquainted with it. But neither you nor I must now dwell on it longer. You have said it, Hallings--'God is merciful!' To Him we commit the issue. And now, a long farewell to Devereux Hall!
human
on the fine old evergreens, so magnificent in sombre beauty, I was startled by the sudden disturbance of its lower boughs, and by a sound proceeding from them more hoarse and deep, if not more ominous, than the low unearthly murmurs I had been listening to with such excited feelings. My exclamation roused Hallings from the abstraction he had fallen into while taking his farewell look at all that remained of the venerable mansion, and, turning towards the object at which I pointed, he said, with a sad smile,
gpt
It is my old fellow-servant, sir! the only one besides me that haunts the place now; but it is time he should leave it too, for even _that_ tree, my master's favourite tree, that he planted when a child with his own hands, will be cut down to-morrow. So saying, he gave a low whistle, and calling,
human
Ralph! Ralph!