human
And you, she said, holding Hildegarde at arm's-length,
gpt
I--don't know,
human
No one knows you have carried her away?
gpt
No, he said.
human
Nobody in the house, anyhow.
gpt
That is good. Perhaps she can get back as unseen as she came. Because, son, you must take her home again.... She held up her hand as he would have protested with heat.
human
Listen, children.... I will welcome you as a daughter, Garde, she said, simply.
gpt
You will be very dear to me--if you really want to be my daughter when you have had time to consider.... But you haven't. You're marrying Potter because there seems to be no other way out of it.... That is bad, for him and for you.... I hope you can come to love him as he loves you. But whether you love him or not, most of all if you do love him, you must go home. It never does to start wrong; you must start _clean_.... Let us consider. I'm sure you wouldn't marry Potter until you know whether you love him.
human
I'd do anything to get away from my father,
gpt
Potter, said his mother,
human
He would refuse,
gpt
If he does, said Mrs. Waite, firmly,
human
But, mother--
gpt
Would you marry a girl who doesn't love you?
human
No, he said,
gpt
But she doesn't know. Is it right to marry her before she knows?