human
I will pour you out your next glass of port, and stay with you for a few moments, for I have something to tell you.
gpt
What is that, my dear?
human
Something you have had to do with, dear old uncle. My wedding-day is fixed.
gpt
Ah! my dear, he said,
human
The twentieth of June, Uncle Jasper. Just four months from to-day.
gpt
Four months off! repeated Uncle Jasper.
human
Well, I don't call that very close at hand. When I spoke to your father last night--for you know I did speak to him, Charlotte--he seemed quite inclined to put no obstacle in the way of your speedy marriage.
gpt
Nor did he, Uncle Jasper. You don't understand. He said we might marry at once if we liked. It was I who said the twentieth of June.
human
You, child!--and--and did Hinton, knowing your father had withdrawn all opposition, did Hinton allow you to put off his happiness for four whole months?
gpt
It was my own choice, said Charlotte.
human
Four months do not seem to me too long to prepare.
gpt
They would seem a very long time to me if I were the man who was to marry you, my dear.