human
Grandfather, if you—if you really think the young gentleman wished to be kind and obliging—and—and if you would like to show him some little politeness in return—couldn’t you step across the way—and—and see him, and talk to him for a few minutes? Perhaps he would be glad of that, if he is quite alone.
gpt
A capital idea, Maisrie, the old man said, rising at once.
human
A capital idea. And then he added, with an air of lofty complacency and condescension, as he selected a couple of volumes from a heap of books on the sideboard:
gpt
Perhaps I might as well take over the _Mémoires_ with me; it is not at all unlikely he may wish to know something further about Maximilien de Bethune. I am not surprised—not at all surprised—that a young man called Harris should perceive that there is something in the grandeur of an old historical name.