human
I should like to try a separation for many days,
gpt
You will soon have the opportunity,
human
The second day would not seem so long to you. The third would be still shorter, and at the end of a fortnight--nay, at the end of a week--you would wonder how you were ever brought to fix your eyes on a poor burgher girl, even for a passing moment--you, a great lord. You see, I have no vast estates to hold you constant, such as those possessed by the forward lady who sent you the letter and the ring. Do you know, Sir Max, if I were very fond of you,--if I were your sweetheart,--I should be jealous of this brazen lady, very jealous.
gpt
Your raillery ill becomes you, said Max, half sullenly.
human
If I forget my rank and hold it of small account for your sake, you should not make a jest of it.
gpt
If you don't like my jesting, Sir Max, you may leave me to ride alone.
human
You asked me to ride with you, returned Max,
gpt
Now let me see what you will do, my great Lord Somebody, she cried defiantly.
human
You shall not only ride beside me, but you shall also listen good-humoredly to my jests when I am pleased to make them, and bear with my ill-humor when I am pleased to be ill-humored.
gpt
You are such a serious person, Sir Max, that you must, at times, feel yourself a great weight--almost burdensome--to carry about. She laughed, though his resentment had piqued her, and there was a dash of anger in her words.
human
Ponderous persons are often ridiculous and are apt to tire themselves with their own weight--no, Sir Max, you can't get away. I have your reins.
gpt
I can dismount, returned Max,