human
What more hast thou to say?
gpt
Say, Mr. Yorke! was the answer, the speaker meantime walking fast from wall to wall of the oak parlour--
human
You have an ill opinion of me, Miss Shirley. You never told me so much of your mind before.
gpt
I never had an opening. But I have sat on Jessy's stool by your chair in the back-parlour at Briarmains, for evenings together, listening excitedly to your talk, half admiring what you said, and half rebelling against it. I think you a fine old Yorkshireman, sir. I am proud to have been born in the same county and parish as yourself. Truthful, upright, independent you are, as a rock based below seas; but also you are harsh, rude, narrow, and merciless.
human
Not to the poor, lass, nor to the meek of the earth; only to the proud and high-minded.
gpt
And what right have you, sir, to make such distinctions? A prouder, a higher-minded man than yourself does not exist. You find it easy to speak comfortably to your inferiors; you are too haughty, too ambitious, too jealous to be civil to those above you. But you are all alike. Helstone also is proud and prejudiced. Moore, though juster and more considerate than either you or the rector, is still haughty, stern, and, in a public sense, selfish. It is well there are such men as Mr. Hall to be found occasionally--men of large and kind hearts, who can love their whole race, who can forgive others for being richer, more prosperous, or more powerful than they are. Such men may have less originality, less force of character than you, but they are better friends to mankind.
human
And when is it to be?
gpt
When is what to be?
human
The wedding.
gpt
Whose wedding?
human
Only that of Robert Gérard Moore, Esq., of Hollow's Cottage, with Miss Keeldar, daughter and heiress of the late Charles Cave Keeldar of Fieldhead Hall.
gpt
That is your revenge, she said slowly; then added,
human
Would it be a bad match, unworthy of the late Charles Cave Keeldar's representative?
gpt
My lass, Moore is a gentleman; his blood is pure and ancient as mine or thine.
human
And we two set store by ancient blood? We have family pride, though one of us at least is a republican?