human
But I shall not let you go back to business till you are quite strong, she said.
gpt
Don't tell me that your not doing so will cost you a great deal of money. I don't care if it costs a thousand pounds: what is that in comparison with your health? You must have a month at the seaside, at some cheerful place--Boulogne or Dieppe, where you won't have time to grow melancholy. And if Olive and I go with you, we shall not bore you overmuch with our society, but only be there to see that you take proper care of yourself, and do not poison yourself with those French dinners, of which you are so fond.
human
I'm sure Olive deserves a holiday as much as any one, resumed Mrs. Kelvin, a moment or two later.
gpt
What I should have done without her all this long time that you have been ill, I'm sure I don't know. She must be very fond of you, Matthew, to have done what she has done. Now, don't you think she is fond of you?
human
Yes, I suppose she is fond of me--after a cousinly fashion,
gpt
Ah, you men! sighed the old lady.
human
Whatever sacrifices a woman may make for you, in your own hearts you never think they are half as much as you deserve.
gpt
I cannot--no, I cannot believe it! he murmured under his breath.
human
There must be some damnable mistake somewhere.
gpt
I have just been telling Matthew that I have not seen him look so well for weeks as he looks to-night, said Mrs. Kelvin to Olive.
human
We shall soon have him all right again now.
gpt
No: he suspects nothing, or he would not look at me in that way, she said to herself. Then her black brows separated and her face broke into a smile.
human
I really believe he is better, she said to her aunt.
gpt
I believe he has only been shamming all this time, and now he is getting tired of it. I should not be a bit surprised to see him come down to breakfast to-morrow.
human
I'd almost stake my life that Whitaker is making some strange blunder! muttered Kelvin to himself.
gpt
However, I'll carry out his instructions, and let to-morrow prove to him how wrong he is.
human
Come in again after my mother has gone,