human
Is terror the only emotion I can inspire--after so long an absence, too? he asked, seizing her hand in both his, and riveting upon her his wonderfully expressive, dark blue eyes.
gpt
Forgive me if I have alarmed you, but forbidden your father's house, and knowing your presence here, I have dared to come hither that I might see you one moment before I leave these regions, perhaps forever.
human
Impossible, Mr. Clinton, cried Helen, recovering, in some measure, from her consternation, though her color came and went like the beacon's revolving flame.
gpt
I cannot see you at this unseasonable hour. There is a sick, a very sick person in the nest room with whom I am watching. I cannot ask you to come in. Besides, she added, with a dignity that enchanted the bold intruder,
human
She drew back quickly, uttering a hasty
gpt
Good-night,
human
You must hear me, Helen, said he, in that sweet, low voice, peculiar to himself.
gpt
Had it not been for you I should never have returned. I told you once that I loved you, but if I loved you then I must adore you now. You are ten thousand times more lovely. Helen, you do not know how charming, how beautiful you are. You do not know the enthusiastic devotion, the deathless passion you have inspired.
human
I cannot conceive of such depths of falsehood, exclaimed Helen, her timid eyes kindling with indignation;
gpt
I deceived myself, alas! cried he, in a tone of bitter sorrow.
human
I thought I loved her, for I had not yet seen and known her gentler, lovelier sister. Forgive me, Helen--love is not the growth of our will. 'Tis a flower that springs spontaneously in the human heart, of celestial fragrance, and destined to immortal bloom.
gpt
If I thought you really loved me, said Helen, in a softened tone, shrinking from the fascination of his glance, and the sorcery of his voice,
human
I should feel great and exceeding sorrow--for it would be in vain. But the love that I have imagined is of a very different nature. Slowly kindled, it burns with steady and unceasing glory, unchanging as the sun, and eternal as the soul.