human
Let us keep our secret awhile yet, lest Olive and Ela should say I was too easily won.
gpt
What do you care for their opinion!
human
Oh, but you do not know how cruel they would be, what cutting things they would say to me!
gpt
Dainty, I believe you are an arrant coward, after all, as your cousin Olive told me this morning.
human
Did she say so?
gpt
Yes; she said you were the most cowardly girl on earth--afraid of your own shadow--and always in hysterics over something, so that she and Ela were sorry you came, dreading that you would annoy your aunt.
human
Oh, it is false! she cried, indignantly.
gpt
She only said it to turn your heart against me. And I--I will show her after this whether I am a coward or not!
human
That is right, my little sweetheart. I adore bravery in women, and I want you to prove Olive's story false, he cried, encouragingly; adding:
gpt
Of course, if you wish to keep our engagement secret awhile, I will consent to it; but it seems rather cruel to two of our visitors, who are already palpably jealous of me. But I warn you, Dainty, not to flirt with them, for I am the most jealous of men.
human
You need not be afraid of me. I can think of no one but you, dear Love!