human
Dost mean to tell me thou hast no idea of wedding Matilda Westel?
gpt
Nay, there is a clear field for thee, hast thou the mind to.
human
Why, man, no sweeter woman draws breath.
gpt
So says every swain of his sweetheart.
human
I wot not how it is with thee, at last began Annys, gravely.
gpt
I had given my life that thou didst love the maid. I never looked on her sweet, gentle face that I did not see it in fancy bending over thy child's cradle. She was so wholly thine to me, that until this very day I wist not how dear she was to me.
human
Ay, Robert Annys, I cannot deceive thee. I had thought rather to see any other man dead than that he should possess her. Yet she loves thee, and the power to make her happy hath passed from me to thee. Only, he added, with a touch of sternness in his face,
gpt
Happy! he said,
human
I tell thee there is no mistake. She loves thee.
gpt
Did she tell you so?
human
Yea, that she did.