human
Of course, said Amidon,
gpt
You must call her Elizabeth, said Madame le Claire,
human
And what? he inquired, as she failed to break the pause.
gpt
Have you found out--much--about it--from him?
human
Not so very much, she replied,
gpt
Merciful heaven! groaned Amidon;
human
I can't do it!
gpt
You have, said Madame le Claire;
human
It was that scoundrel Brassfield, said he, in perfect seriousness.
gpt
More? What do you mean by 'more'?
human
Well, sometimes you----
gpt
He, not I!
human
You, I think we had better say--sometimes, when you were alone, your arm went about her waist; her head was drawn down upon your bosom; and with your hand, you turned her face to yours, and----
gpt
Clara, stop! Amidon's bashful being was wrung to the sweating-point as he uttered the cry.
human
I never could have done it! And do you mean to say I must now act up to a record of that kind--and with a strange woman? She--she won't permit it---- Oh, you must be mistaken! How do you know this?
gpt
I want to know if you are sure, said he.
human
To make a mistake in that direction would be worse than the other, you know.
gpt
Ah, would it? said Clara;
human
I didn't know that!
gpt
Oh! I think we may take that for granted.
human
You really don't get a grain of good from your Brassfield experience, said she,
gpt
But, as to the fact, urged he at last,
human
Can't _you_ guess a little bit more once in a while? I know about it, from Mr. Brassfield's treatment--of--of me--when I made him think--that I--was Elizabeth! Oh, don't you see that I had to do it, so as to know, and tell you? Oh, I wish I had never, never begun this! I do, I do!