human
Richard, I am grieved beyond measure. Oh, cousin, I do not merit your deep and earnest love. I am an ingrate! I do not return it.
gpt
Do you dislike me?
human
Oh, no, no, no, indeed I do not--I esteem and respect you; nay, more, I love you as a brother.
gpt
Then, dear, dearest Alice, since I am honored with your esteem, if not blessed with your love, give me your hand--be my wife--and ultimately perhaps----
human
Horrible!
gpt
What the d----l does that fool mean? exclaimed Richard Delany, as an angry flush passed over his face.
human
One would think I had insulted her. Colonel Delany's penniless dependent should receive with more humility, if not with more gratitude, an offer of marriage from his heir. But I see how it is. She loves that beggarly Dulan--that wretched usher. But, death--death to the poverty-stricken wretch, if he presume to cross my path!