human
They had no suspicion--these people?
gpt
I assure you, no, madame. My mummy, you saw it, yourself.
human
I shall always see it, she murmured, with loathing.
gpt
Ugh! What a fool I am--what a fool!
human
A woman, a woman. And so, madame, we recommence our conversation.
gpt
It has already lasted too long, she rejoined.
human
Lord Frith----
gpt
You were about to observe, madame?
human
Nothing! It is of no moment. You are sure all is safe--sure?
gpt
As sure as I am that we, you and I, shall be happy.
human
Sentiment and business mix about as well as snow and fire, snapped Leah, yet ridden by a nightmare memory of that dead face;
gpt
Captain Strange? He will say what I will.
human
At a price, no doubt.
gpt
Of the smallest, madame. One thousand pounds.
human
Ridiculous! Extortionate!
gpt
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs, said Demetrius, in dry tones;
human
Who wants to vex him? He shall have his money. Anything else?
gpt
This letter from your late husband
human
Fool! was Leah's comment on this carelessness.
gpt
Doesn't he know he is dead, and is about to be buried? She thrust the letter hastily into her pocket and was about to hurry away, when she caught a glimpse of the Russian's darkening face. She paused wisely, to dismiss him with a compliment.
human
You have managed splendidly, M. Demetrius.
gpt
Do I not deserve to be called Constantine, now?
human
Yes--no--that is--oh, don't bother ; Lady Jim snatched away the hand he had captured.
gpt
You foreigners never learn sense.
human
Are you teaching it to me now?
gpt
I am--if you are clever enough to learn the lesson. See as little of me as possible, and don't speak to me at all. When Jim--that is, when Garth--is buried, we shall see.
human
But, madame----
gpt
Quite so. Consider your objections answered.
human
They will be answered, said Demetrius, very distinctly,
gpt
You doubt me, Constantine, whispered the she-Judas, with trembling tenderness;
human
Faugh! said Lady Jim, when shut up in her own room. There she read the communication from her legally deceased husband. It narrated a story similar to that detailed by Demetrius, but scarcely so concisely. Mr. Berring showed a disposition to ramble, and his excursions ended on every occasion in a command to send half the insurance money at once--the last two words being aggressively underlined. He was in the best of health, on his way to Buenos Ayres; thence would travel to Rosario--
gpt
commented Leah, tearing off the address and carefully burning Jim's maunderings.
human
Half the money--eh? Fifteen thousand pounds! I think not, Mr. Berring. That captain, too, with his absurd charge, and after all my trouble! I wonder Demetrius does not claim his share, also.