human
I saw young Masters last night,
gpt
So I gathered. Did you find your interview worth the trouble it had cost you?
human
You mean a journey from Rome? I think so.
gpt
Indeed! Your mission then may be considered fortunate.
human
I think so. I believe I shall now be able to remove some misunderstandings which have been causing his family considerable anxiety and pain. You will allow me to add that it strikes me as a pity that you ever suffered the misunderstandings to exist.
gpt
I certainly shall not allow you to add anything which implies that you have the right to interfere with what relates to the private concerns of my own family,
human
I am afraid the veto, if it rested in your hands, would be applied too late, said Jack with a cool scorn which stung the older man.
gpt
My advice has been already given. And then he made a step forward on the rug, and a sudden fire flashed into his eyes which few persons had ever seen there.
human
You are in my uncle's house as his guest, and that, Mr Trent, prevents me from speaking as plainly as I might otherwise do. But it does not hinder my thinking, and I leave you to imagine what is my opinion of a man who has suffered three helpless women, in a foreign land, to endure all the anguish of believing that their son and brother had sunk into a villain when a word from him would have lifted the load from their hearts. Suffered, did I say? Rather himself raised the suspicion in their hearts, and nursed it there.