human
My father was murdered last night, if that is the rumor to which your Lordship refers,
gpt
If not too painful to you, I should like you to tell me such particulars of the affair as are already known.
human
It is terrible--terrible! ejaculated the Earl.
gpt
I need scarcely say, my dear Hazeldine, that you have my most unfeigned sympathy--both you and your mother--in this dreadful affliction. How little we know what a day--nay, an hour--may bring forth! The Earl had a habit of indulging in mild platitudes, which he enunciated with an air of profundity which almost lent them a touch of freshness.
human
I left home the bearer of an invitation to you to dine at the Lodge to-morrow, but that, of course, is now out of the question. It will be Agnes's birthday --Agnes was Miss Winterton--