human
Listen to your story! My dear Mrs. Weymore, what possible interest can your story have for me?
gpt
More than you think, my lady. You are so much stronger to-day than usual, and Sir Rupert's marriage is so very near that I must speak now or never.
human
Sir Rupert! my lady gasped.
gpt
What has your story to do with Sir Rupert?
human
You will hear, Mrs. Weymore said, very sadly.
gpt
Heaven knows I should have told you long ago; but it is a story few would care to tell. A cruel and shameful story of wrong and misery; for, my lady, I have been cruelly wronged by one who was once very near to you.
human
Very near to me! Do you mean----
gpt
My lady, listen, and you shall hear. All those years that I have been with you, I have not been what I seemed. My name is not Weymore. My name is Thetford--as yours is.