human
I don't care to make any new acquaintances. Even if I did, I prefer my own countrymen. Don't you like America, Mr. de Brabazon?
gpt
Oh, of courth, if we only had some lords here.
human
We have plenty of flunkeys.
gpt
That's awfully clevah, 'pon my word.
human
Is it? I am afraid you are too complimentary. You are very good-natured.
gpt
I always feel good-natured in your company, Miss Florence. I--wish I could always be with you.
human
Really! Wouldn't that be a trifle monotonous?
gpt
Not if we were married,
human
What do you mean, Mr. de Brabazon?
gpt
I hope you will excuse me, Miss Florence--Miss Linden, I mean; but I'm awfully in love with you, and have been ever so long--but I never dared to tell you so. I felt so nervous, don't you know? Will you marry me? I'll be awfully obliged if you will.
human
Please arise, Mr. de Brabazon, said Florence, hurriedly.
gpt
It is quite out of the question--what you ask--I assure you.
human
Ah! I see how it is, said Percy, clasping his hands sadly.
gpt
You love another.
human
Not that I am aware of.
gpt
Then I may still hope?
human
I cannot encourage you, Mr. de Brabazon. My heart is free, but it can never be yours.
gpt
Then, said Percy, gloomily,
human
What is that?
gpt
I shall go to the Bwooklyn Bwidge, climb to the parapet, jump into the water, and end my misewable life.
human
You had better think twice before adopting such a desperate resolution, Mr. de Brabazon. You will meet others who will be kinder to you than I have been----
gpt
I can never love another. My heart is broken. Farewell, cruel girl. When you read the papers tomorrow morning, think of the unhappy Percy de Brabazon!
human
If my position were not so sad, I should be tempted to smile, said Florence.
gpt
Mr. de Brabazon will not do this thing. His emotions are as strong as those of a butterfly.
human
It is I whose heart should be broken! she murmured;
gpt
I who am driven from the only home I have ever known. What can have turned against me my uncle, usually so kind and considerate? It must be that Curtis has exerted a baneful influence upon him. I cannot leave him without one word of farewell.