human
I can only apologise, Sir Thomas, resumed Kelvin,
gpt
You are not to blame, Kelvin--not in the least, said the baronet.
human
But this is very sad--very sad indeed. What have you to say, Pomeroy, to all this?
gpt
Only that what Mr. Kelvin has just stated is, to a certain extent, true, said Gerald coolly.
human
My inducement in seeking to enter your service was certainly the hope of being thereby brought into daily contact with Miss Lloyd, with whom I was specially desirous of becoming acquainted.
gpt
That is easily understood, said her ladyship.
human
Miss Lloyd at that time was supposed to be worth twenty thousand pounds. Mr. Pomeroy's audacious candour is quite refreshing.
gpt
I will be candid, said Gerald with an amused smile.
human
For me to see and become acquainted with Miss Lloyd was to love her, and when that fact became patent to me, it would not do to sail any longer under false colours. I told Miss Lloyd that I loved her--the confession slipped out one evening unawares--but the first time I met her afterwards I confessed to her what my reasons had been for entering this house, asking her at the same time to forgive the wrong I had done her, and to forget the words I had said. From that day to this Miss Lloyd and I have been good friends: nothing more.
gpt
Bless us all! what goings on under ones very nose, and I to know nothing about them!
human
But this morning altered the position of affairs entirely, went on Gerald.
gpt
You, sir, a little while ago told me what Miss Deane had just told you--that Miss Lloyd was Miss Lloyd no longer, and had nothing in the world but her own sweet self that she could call her own. This being the case, I at once sought Miss Lloyd--found her--told her that my love was still unchanged, and would not leave her till I had won from her a promise to become my wife. That promise I hold, and I shall claim its fulfilment from her before she and I are many weeks older.
human
Well done, Pomeroy! That's manly--that's as it should be! exclaimed Sir Thomas.
gpt
I knew you would turn out a decent fellow at bottom.
human
My dear! she pleaded,