human
Sir! said Mrs. Villars, drawing herself up and advancing to the attack,
gpt
Stay, madam, said Hargrave, with manly honesty,
human
I owe you an explanation for my strange inconsistency, and I am ready to give it at once. Mabel Lesly and I were lovers from children, till we parted six years ago; she then refused to be my wife, because she disapproved of my ideas on religion, and, with much violence on my side, we parted. The obstacle is now removed, and she will be mine. Why I delayed the explanation till this night, and why I waited to see her tried to the very last, is a matter of which my feelings must alone judge.
gpt
Whatever your feelings may be, you certainly have no right to trifle with those of my daughter.
human
said Hargrave, as his dark eye flashed fire, and made her almost quail before it.
gpt
There is not one word, or look, or action of mine that will bear such an interpretation. I should despise myself had I been guilty of such meanness. I might as well be accused of paying attention to all four of your daughters; I am grieved that you should think me worthy of such an accusation. I hear Mr. Villars, let me ask him--let me clear myself at once.
human
No, no, said Mrs. Villars, in alarm, throwing herself before him,
gpt
But, if I have done so, it is fit that her father should know it, and redress her injuries. Let me call him.
human
Not for worlds, she said;
gpt
Then you retract what you said,
human
Yes, yes, I do,