human
You should not have been made to come up at all, she said.
gpt
Il faut que vous vous retirez.
human
I am very sorry,
gpt
I think that I had at any rate better retire,
human
Qu'elle est mÚchante, said Madame Melmotte.
gpt
Oh, she is so bad. Sir Felix, you had better go too. Yes,--indeed.
human
No, said Marie, running to him, and taking hold of his arm.
gpt
Why should he go? I want papa to know.
human
Il vous tuera, said Madame Melmotte.
gpt
My God, yes.
human
Then he shall, said Marie, clinging to her lover.
gpt
I will never marry Lord Nidderdale. If he were to cut me into bits I wouldn't do it. Felix, you love me;--do you not?
human
Certainly,
gpt
Mamma, said Marie,
human
I will never have any other man but him;--never, never, never. Oh, Felix, tell her that you love me.
gpt
You know that, don't you, ma'am?
human
Oh, love! It is a beastliness, said Madame Melmotte.
gpt
Sir Felix, you had better go. Yes, indeed. Will you be so obliging?
human
Don't go, said Marie.
gpt
No, mamma, he shan't go. What has he to be afraid of? I will walk down among them into papa's room, and say that I will never marry that man, and that this is my lover. Felix, will you come?
human
I don't think I have a right to do that, he said,
gpt
I wouldn't mind, said Marie.
human
I told papa to-day that I wouldn't marry Lord Nidderdale.
gpt
Was he angry with you?
human
He laughed at me. He manages people till he thinks that everybody must do exactly what he tells them. He may kill me, but I will not do it. I have quite made up my mind. Felix, if you will be true to me, nothing shall separate us. I will not be ashamed to tell everybody that I love you.
gpt
C'est lui, screamed Madame Melmotte, bustling up from her seat and hurrying out of the room by a side door. The two lovers were alone for one moment, during which Marie lifted up her face, and Sir Felix kissed her lips.
human
Now be brave, she said, escaping from his arm,
gpt
Mr. Melmotte looked round the room as he entered.
human
Where are the others?
gpt
Mamma has gone away, and Miss Longestaffe went before mamma.
human
Sir Felix, it is well that I should tell you that my daughter is engaged to marry Lord Nidderdale.
gpt
Sir Felix, I am not engaged--to--marry Lord Nidderdale, said Marie.
human
It's no good, papa. I won't do it. If you chop me to pieces, I won't do it.
gpt
She will marry Lord Nidderdale, continued Mr. Melmotte, addressing himself to Sir Felix.
human
As that is arranged, you will perhaps think it better to leave us. I shall be happy to renew my acquaintance with you as soon as the fact is recognised;--or happy to see you in the city at any time.
gpt
Papa, he is my lover,
human
Pooh!
gpt
It is not pooh. He is. I will never have any other. I hate Lord Nidderdale; and as for that dreadful old man, I could not bear to look at him. Sir Felix is as good a gentleman as he is. If you loved me, papa, you would not want to make me unhappy all my life.
human
Jade! said Melmotte,
gpt
Get to your room.
human
Of course I will go to bed, if you tell me, papa.
gpt
I do tell you. How dare you take hold of him in that way before me! Have you no idea of disgrace?
human
I am not disgraced. It is not more disgraceful to love him than that other man. Oh, papa, don't. You hurt me. I am going.
gpt
I am very sorry, Mr. Melmotte, said Sir Felix,
human
Go away, and don't come back any more;--that's all. You can't both marry her. All you have got to understand is this. I'm not the man to give my daughter a single shilling if she marries against my consent. By the God that hears me, Sir Felix, she shall not have one shilling. But look you,--if you'll give this up, I shall be proud to co-operate with you in anything you may wish to have done in the city.