human
You've been Bethuning Nan and me for ever so long, grandmother: what do you think of this?
gpt
Why, I think it is very pretty, if it is real. I have known it all along; I mean since the night you were carried away. Nan told me.
human
Why, Grandmother Lumsden! I never said a word to you about it; I wouldn't have dared.
gpt
I knew it when you came in the door that day--the day that Meriwether Clopton was here. Do you suppose I would have sat by you on the sofa, and held your hand if I had not known it?
human
I'm glad you knew it, said Nan.
gpt
I wanted you to know it, but I didn't dare to tell you in so many words. I am going home now, Gabriel, and you mustn't call on me to-day or to-night. I want to be alone. I am so happy, she said to Mrs. Lumsden, as she kissed her,