human
Shirley, said Caroline one day, as they two were sitting alone in the summer-house,
gpt
Yes--of course; I knew it well.
human
I thought you must have been aware of the circumstance.
gpt
Well! what then?
human
It puzzles me to guess how it chanced that you never mentioned it to me.
gpt
Why should it puzzle you?
human
It seems odd. I cannot account for it. You talk a great deal--you talk freely. How was that circumstance never touched on?
gpt
Because it never was,
human
You are a singular being! observed her friend.
gpt
I thought I knew you quite well; I begin to find myself mistaken. You were silent as the grave about Mrs. Pryor, and now again here is another secret. But why you made it a secret is the mystery to me.
human
I never made it a secret; I had no reason for so doing. If you had asked me who Henry's tutor was, I would have told you. Besides, I thought you knew.
gpt
I am puzzled about more things than one in this matter. You don't like poor Louis. Why? Are you impatient at what you perhaps consider his _servile_ position? Do you wish that Robert's brother were more highly placed?
human
Robert's brother, indeed!