human
Mabyn, leave us alone for a moment or two,
gpt
I will not. I want to speak a word or two to Mr. Roscorla.
human
Mabyn, I want you to go away just now.
gpt
Wenna, dear, go away to your own room. You've had quite enough--you are trembling all over. I suppose he'll make me tremble next.
human
Really, I think your interference is lather extraordinary, Miss Mabyn,
gpt
I beg your pardon, said Mabyn meekly.
human
I only want to say a word or two. Wouldn't it be better here than before the servants?
gpt
I am quite at your service, he said with a bitter irony.
human
I suppose you have some very important communication to make, considering the way in which you--
gpt
Interfered? Yes, it is time that I interfered, Mabyn said, still quite calm and a trifle pale.
human
Mr. Roscorla, to be frank, I don't like you, and perhaps I am not quite fair to you. I am only a young girl, and don't know what the world would say about your relations with Wenna. But Wenna is my sister, and I see she is wretched; and her wretchedness--Well, that comes of her engagement to you.
gpt
Is that all? said he.
human
You have not startled me with any revelations.
gpt
I was going to say, continued Mabyn,
human
You have become quite logical, Miss Mabyn, said he,
gpt
Know nothing? she said.
human
I know everything about it, and I can see that my sister is miserable: that is sufficient reason for my interference. Mr. Roscorla, you won't ask her to marry you?