human
Well, sir, he said at last,
gpt
Have I anything to say to you! exclaimed the Marquis.
human
For why, monsieur? If I venture to express my astonishment and indignation at the way I am treated, you subject me to a barbarity that could be matched no where else in the civilized world than in this extraordinary country. My life is menaced with firearms. My protests are sneered at. I have left but one inference--you have gone mad.
gpt
No, marquis, said Pembroke,
human
I am not mad. I am simply determined that the mysteries by which we have been surrounded and of which you are the center, shall cease. You have a free choice: put me in the way of getting my friend and his sister back to the Inn, or resign yourself to a prolonged confinement in this room.
gpt
But monsieur I have nothing to communicate to you concerning the disappearance of your friends.
human
Pardon me, marquis, returned Pembroke;
gpt
exclaimed Monsieur de Boisdhyver,
human
They concern my friends, said Tom.
gpt
Dan, as you know, is more to me than a brother; and as for his sister Nancy, I hope and expect to make her my wife.
human
In that case, rejoined the Marquis with ill-concealed irony,
gpt
I may be permitted to offer to you my congratulations. But even so, monsieur, there is nothing that I can do to facilitate your matrimonial plans.
human
You refuse then to come to terms?
gpt
What shall I say, monsieur? If you insisted upon my flying from here to yonder beach, I might have all the desire in the world to oblige you, but the fact would remain that I was without the means of doing so. Since you are so little disposed to accept my protestations, I will no longer make them, but simply decline your proposal. And, pardon me, but so long as I am submitted to the indignity of this confinement, it would be a courtesy that I should appreciate if you would spare me your company.
human
Very good, said Tom.
gpt
Your meals will be served regularly; and you may ask the servant for anything necessary. I shall not visit you again until you request me to do so.