human
He'll _never_ appear again, dear.
gpt
I should really say, to judge by that speech, that you knew something about him,
human
What is it? said the girl;
gpt
As to knowing, my dear, I really _know nothing_; but I have my _suspicions_.
human
H-m! said Margaret, for a moment dropping her eyes to the table, so that only their long silken fringes were visible. Then she raised them once more gravely to her kinswoman's face.
gpt
Yes, I _will_ know _what_ you suspect.
human
Well, I think that handsome young man, Mr. Cleve Verney, is at the bottom of the mystery,
gpt
There's no one here to tell him that I lost my poor little squirrel. It's quite impossible--the most unlikely idea imaginable.
human
He had no business to talk about me.
gpt
Why, dear, unless he was a positive brute, he could not avoid asking for you; so I told him you were _désolé_ about your bereavement--your poor little Whisk, and he seemed so sorry and kind; and I'm perfectly certain he got these little animals to supply its place.
human
And so has led me into taking a present? said the young lady, a little fiercely--
gpt
Yes, _liberty_; if he did not think that we were fallen, ruined people----
human
Now, my dear child, your father's _not_ ruined, I maintain it; there will be more left, I'm very certain, than he supposes; and I could have almost beaten you the other day for using that expression in speaking to Mr. Verney; but you _are_ so _impetuous_--and then, could any one have done a more thoughtful or a kinder thing, and in a more perfectly delicate way? He _has_n't made you a present; he has only contrived that a purchase should be thrown in your way, which of all others was exactly what you most wished; he has not appeared, and never _will_ appear in it; and I know, for my part, I'm very much obliged to him--_if_ he has done it--and I think he admires you too much to run a risk of offending you.
gpt
What?
human
I do--I think he admires you.