human
Well, I don't know. I almost hope it may come right.
gpt
Do you? Do you really? Well, that is a feeble ray of comfort. But it is rather too bad to have to undergo all this wear and tear of feeling, in order to secure that perverse child's fortune in spite of herself!
human
I wonder----
gpt
You wonder--Frederick? Pray speak out! I assure you I am not able to stand much more suspense and anxiety.
human
I was merely going to say, I wonder if there can be any one else.
gpt
Any one else?
human
Any man she cares for.
gpt
Good Heavens, Frederick, who should there be? Really, you are not very considerate to startle me with such extraordinary suppositions without the least preparation. There is no one, of course.
human
You are sure?
gpt
I am sure there is no one _possible_. I know, of course, every man she has danced with, or who has paid her the smallest attention, and there is not one who could be thought of for a moment, even if Mr. Bragg did not exist. I should not hesitate to speak very strongly if I suspected her of any culpable folly of that kind. A girl without a farthing in the world! And her father, my poor unfortunate brother Augustus, in Heaven knows what dreadful position! That May, under all the circumstances, can behave in this way, is too intolerable. The more one thinks of it the more flagrant it seems. No sense of duty! No consideration for her family! I shall be compelled to say to her----