human
Refuses! Desparre exclaimed.
gpt
Refuses! It is incredible. Is there any other? That English exile to wit, the man Clarges? If I know aught of human emotions, he, too, loves her.
human
She has refused him also.
gpt
Yet the cases are widely different. He is a beggar; I am Desparre.
human
She avers she will marry no one. She has also strange scruples about this house, about the establishment I keep. She says that from such a home as this no woman is fit to go forth as a wife.
gpt
Her scruples show that she, at least, is fit to do so. Vandecque, she must be my wife. I am resolved. What pressure can you bring to bear upon her? Oh! that I, Desparre, should be forced to sue thus!
human
I must think, reflect, Vandecque replied.
gpt
Leave it to me. You are willing to wait, Monsieur?
human
I must have her. She must be my wife.
gpt
Leave it to me.