human
Yes?
gpt
I would have told you before, only that Miss Jarrott and Miss Colfax thought I had better wait till every one got settled. In any case, Mr. Jarrott made it a condition before I left Buenos Aires that it shouldn't go outside the family till Miss Colfax had had her social winter in New York.
human
I suppose I know what's coming,
gpt
It's the sort of thing that was bound to come sooner or later with Miss Colfax, Ford smiled, speaking with an air of assurance.
human
What makes me uneasy is that I should be the man to come and tell the news. If it was any one you knew better--
gpt
You've probably heard that I'm not Evie's guardian, Wayne interposed.
human
I've no control at all over what she does.
gpt
I understand that; but to me there's an authority above the legal one--or at least on a level with it--and I should be unhappy--we should both be unhappy--if we didn't have your consent.