human
You can go and kindle the fire in the kitchen, she said to the negro.
gpt
It is nearly time to be getting supper. I will be in by and by.
human
You have been with her so much! she continued to Gray after another interval of embarrassment.
gpt
And you know, or you ought to know, her disposition, her tastes, her ways and views of life. Is she the companion you need now? will always need?
human
I have been much with her, he replied, taking up her words with humorous gravity.
gpt
But I have never studied her as I have studied law. I have never cross-examined her for a witness, or prosecuted her as an attorney, or pronounced sentence on her is a judge. I am her advocate--and I am ready to defend her now--even to you!
human
John!--
gpt
I love her--that is all there is of it!
human
Suppose you wait a little longer.
gpt
I have waited too long already from necessity. It was on his lips to add:
human
I have gone too far with her; it is too late to retreat;
gpt
If I should feel, then, that I must withhold my consent?
human
I should be sorry; but--
gpt
If Major Falconer should withhold his? He shook his head, and set his lips, turning his face away through courtesy.
human
It would make no difference! Nothing would make any difference! and then another silence followed.
gpt
I suppose all this would be considered the proof that you loved her, she began at length, despairingly,
human
You don't appreciate her! You don't do her justice! he cried rudely.
gpt
But perhaps no woman can ever understand why a man loves any other woman!
human
I am not thinking of why you love my niece, she replied, with a curl of pride in her nostril and a flash of anger in her eyes.
gpt
I am thinking of why you will cease to love her, and why you will both be unhappy if you marry her. It is not my duty to analyze your affections; it is my duty to take care of her welfare.
human
My dear friend, he cried, his face aglow with impatient enthusiasm --
gpt
and he suddenly lifted her hand to his lips,
human
I have but one anxiety in the whole matter: will you cease to be my friend if I act in opposition to your wishes?
gpt
Should I cease to be your friend because you had made a mistake? It is not to me you are unkind,