human
I confess, she said,
gpt
I have already admitted the right of one person to be consulted about May's future:--the benevolent, unselfish, high-minded woman, who befriended her, and cherished her, and was a mother to her, when she was deserted by every one else. As to her marrying the footman--it is clear, madam, that she might have married the hangman, for all the effort _you_ would have made to prevent it, until Mrs. Dobbs bribed you to take some notice of your niece! But in marrying a Rivers of Riversmead I need not, I suppose, inform you that she will confer on you the honour of a connection with a race of gentlemen compared with whom--if we are to stand on genealogies--half the names in the Peerage are a mere fungus-growth of yesterday.
human
It will not do, Mr. Rivers. I assure you, it will not do!
gpt
One instant, Mrs. Dormer-Smith! Owen said, following her to the door of the dining-room.
human
I wish, if you please, to speak with May again before I go away.
gpt
Impossible. I cannot, compatibly with my duty, consent to your seeing her now, or at any future time.
human
Am I to understand that you forbid me your house?
gpt
If you please. Unless, indeed, you consent to come in any other character than as my niece's suitor. In that case it would give me great pleasure to receive you as I have done before.