human
I called to see you, Miss Forsythe, to--to consult you about your niece.
gpt
About her career?
human
Yes, about her career; that is, in a way,
gpt
Yes?
human
You must have seen my interest in her. You must have known why I stayed on and on. But it was, it is, all so uncertain. I wanted to ask your permission to speak my mind to her.
gpt
Are you quite sure you know your own mind?
human
Sure--sure; I have never had the feeling for any other woman I have for her.
gpt
Margaret is a noble girl; she is very independent,
human
I know. I don't ask you her feeling. Mr. Lyon was standing quietly looking down into the coals.
gpt
She is the only woman in the world to me. I love her. Are you against me?
human
Oh, no! no! exclaimed Miss Forsythe, with another access of timidity.
gpt
I shouldn't take the responsibility of being against you, or--or otherwise. It is very manly in you to come to me, and I am sure I--we all wish nothing but your own happiness. And so far as I am concerned--
human
Then I have your permission?
gpt
My permission, Mr. Lyon? why, it is so new to me, I scarcely realized that I had any permission, she said, with a little attempt at pleasantry.
human
But as her aunt--and guardian, as one may say--personally I should have the greatest satisfaction to know that Margaret's destiny was in the hands of one we all esteem and know as we do you.
gpt
Thank you, thank you,
human
But you must let me say, let me suggest, that there are a great many things to be thought of. There is such a difference in education, in all the habits of your lives, in all your relations. Margaret would never be happy in a position where less was accorded to her than she had all her life. Nor would her pride let her take such a position.
gpt
But as my wife--
human
Yes, I know that is sufficient in your mind. Have you consulted your mother, Mr. Lyon?
gpt
Not yet.
human
And have you written to any one at home about my niece?
gpt
Not yet.
human
And does it seem a little difficult to do so?