human
We must just try and live it down,
gpt
Yes, and you eating your heart out meanwhile!
human
I really think that Hermia ought to be told, said John to his sister a few days later.
gpt
My intention all along has been not to tell her till her twenty-first birthday, but that will not be here for several months, and in view of all that has happened of late, and, more especially, of the dark cloud which during the past few days has settled on my life----
human
Of which I am quite sure Hermy knows nothing,
gpt
But of which she is sure to hear sooner or later--in consideration of all these things, I have decided that I should not be justified in keeping the secret from her any longer.
human
She will be greatly shocked.
gpt
At first, I do not doubt; but at her age she will soon recover. After all, the story I have to tell is like a tale in two volumes, of which one volume is all I can offer her. Where the other is, and whether she will ever find it, is more than either you or I can say.