human
Of Miss Hermia Rivers! repeated the old man, in a sort of awed whisper.
gpt
Can the dead come back to life? Then his eyes went again to the portrait.
human
But you say that she isn't dead--that she is alive and well; is it the truth you are telling me?
gpt
I was in the company of Miss Rivers less than a fortnight ago.
human
Thank goodness that she still lives! M'appen, then, it may not be too late.
gpt
Too late! What do you mean?
human
And I to have got it into my doited old head that the darling died long years ago! he said presently, with the air of one who is talking to himself.
gpt
To be sure it was the mistress herself that led me to think so, and how was I to guess that she wanted to hide the truth?