human
Frank Jones! she exclaimed.
gpt
Father, what has brought him here? and she blushed up over her face and head to the very roots of her hair.
human
Come up, of course he must come up. When a man has come all the way from Castle Morony he must be allowed to come up. Why should you wish to keep him down in the area?
gpt
Am I to come back? her obedient father had asked. But he had been told not to come back, not quite at present.
human
It is not that I want your absence, she had said,
gpt
So the father simply slapped him on the back, and bade him walk upstairs till he would find No. 15 on the second landing.
human
Of course you have heard, he said, as Frank was going,
gpt
Not a word, said Frank.
human
What has she done?
gpt
Plunged a dagger into him, said Mr. O'Mahony,--in a manner which showed to Frank that he was not much afraid of the consequences of the accident.
human
You go up and no doubt she will tell you all about it.
gpt
Oh, Frank! she said,
human
Then he at once began to ask questions about poor Moss, and Rachel of course to answer them.
gpt
Well, yes; how was I to help it? I told him from the time that I was a little girl, long before I knew you, that something of this kind would occur if he would not behave himself.
human
And he didn't?
gpt
No, he did not. Whether he wanted me or my voice, thinking that it would come back again, I cannot tell, but he did want something. There was a woman who brought messages from him, and even she wanted something. Then his ideas ran higher.
human
He meant to marry you,
gpt
I suppose he did,--at last. I am very much obliged to him, but it did not suit. Then,--to make a short story of it, Frank, I will tell you the whole truth. He took hold of me. I cannot bear to be taken hold of; you know that yourself.