human
Not rich for an Englishwoman; for an Italian, yes. My fortune should be half a million--
gpt
Half a million! cried Randal, and with difficulty he restrained himself from falling at her feet in adoration.
human
Of francs!
gpt
Francs! Ah, said Randal, with a long-drawn breath, and recovering from his sudden enthusiasm,
human
he murmured to himself.
gpt
What an escape I have had! but I see--I see. This will smooth all difficulties in the way of my better and earlier project. I see),--a very handsome portion, he repeated aloud,--
human
Did I blush? said the marchesa, with a silvery laugh.
gpt
Nay, I think that your zeal for your friend misled you. But I will own frankly, I have been touched by his honest ingenuous love,--so evident, yet rather looked than spoken. I have contrasted the love that honours me with the suitors that seek to degrade; more I cannot say. For though I grant that your friend is handsome, high-spirited, and generous, still he is not what--
human
You mistake, believe me, interrupted Randal.
gpt
You shall not finish your sentence. He is all that you do not yet suppose him; for his shyness, and his very love, his very respect for your superiority, do not allow his mind and his nature to appear to advantage. You, it is true, have a taste for letters and poetry rare among your countrywomen. He has not at present--few men have. But what Cimon would not be refined by so fair an Iphigenia? Such frivolities as he now shows belong but to youth and inexperience of life. Happy the brother who could see his sister the wife of Frank Hazeldean.