human
Don't say any more, my dear, he said, in a low, shaken voice.
gpt
I have heard quite enough; it was only Frank's assurance that I have been wanting all this time. I am content now. Thank God that this burden is lifted off one's mind. Go in and tell Harry; I should like to be alone for a few minutes.
human
Yes, uncle; and Frank's friend is in the next room, and will tell us all about him when you are ready to hear it.
gpt
We are here, uncle, when you are ready to come in.
human
You have brought me the best news I have ever heard, sir; you cannot tell what a weight you have lifted from my shoulders, and how I feel indebted to you.
gpt
Yes, uncle, and do you know that Mr. Adams has been travelling nearly two months to deliver the message, knowing how anxious Frank will be to hear how it was received. He went to Egypt after us, and finding we had left has been following us ever since.
human
God bless you, sir! Captain Bayley said, seizing Mr. Adams's hand and shaking it violently,
gpt
The message will explain that,
human
Yes, that explains it, Captain Bayley said, when he had finished;
gpt
That I cannot tell you; I know no more of the past than the message I have given you, except he said that he had been wrongfully suspected of committing a crime, and that, although he was innocent, the case appeared absolutely conclusive against him, and that he saw no chance whatever of his being cleared, save by the confession of the person who had committed the offence.
human
But why on earth didn't he say he was innocent? Captain Bayley repeated, with something of his old irritation.
gpt
What possessed him to run away as if he were guilty without making one protest to us that he was innocent?
human
I cannot tell you, sir. As I said, I know nothing whatever of the circumstance; I do not even know the nature of the accusation against him. I only know, from my knowledge of his character, that he is a noble and generous young man, and that he never could have been guilty of any dishonourable action.
gpt
Nobody would ever have thought he would, Captain Bayley said sharply,
human
I won't hear you, uncle, any more, Alice exclaimed;
gpt
I know that you don't mean anything you say, and that you are one of the happiest men in the world this evening; but of course Mr. Adams does not know you as we do, and does not understand that all this means that you are so relieved from the anxiety that you have felt for the last two years that you are obliged to give vent to your feelings somehow. Please, Mr. Adams, don't regard what my uncle says in the slightest, but tell us all about Frank. As to his going away, we know nothing about his motives, or why he went, or anything else, and I am quite sure he will be able to explain it when we see him; as to running away from cowardice, uncle knows as well as we do that the idea is simply ridiculous. So please go on, and if uncle interrupts we will go down to another sitting-room and he shall hear nothing about it.