human
But suppose it's all true and you find the girl over on the other side somewhere? Grant went on, when Max had answered that the search might be long, and it would be better for him to make it alone.
gpt
What will you do? Hadn't my mother better fetch her? Mother's over in Paris now, you know, so it would be less trouble. You mightn't want to bring her back yourself, unless, of course----
human
Unless--what?
gpt
Well, you're not related to the girl, and you're about the same age. She'll naturally look upon you as a hero, a deliverer, and all that, if she's a normal woman. If it were in a book instead of real life, the end would be----
human
Different from what it will be with us, Max cut him short.
gpt
Don't let's speak or think of anything like that.
human
It only occurred to me, Grant excused himself mildly,
gpt
I shouldn't give them the trouble of doing anything, said Max quietly.
human
I'd resign from the army. But there'll be other doors open, I hope. I don't mean to fade out of existence because I'm not a Doran or a fellow with money. I'll try and make something out of another name.
gpt
And you'll succeed, of course, Edwin Reeves assured him.
human
I suppose it was in Grant's mind that if this extraordinary story proved to be true, and you should give up your name and your fortune to John and Rose Doran's daughter, why you would in a way be giving up your country, too. You say that the confession Mrs. Doran received was from a Frenchwoman: that this person took the child of a relative, and exchanged it for the Doran baby. If we are to believe that, it makes you of French blood as well as French birth. Grant supposed, perhaps, that this fact might change your point of view.
gpt
But I don't feel French, he exclaimed.
human
I don't see how I ever can.
gpt
Yet you speak French almost like a Frenchman, said Grant.
human
We used to tease you about it in school. Do you remember?
gpt
Frenchy.