human
What! you seemed to have forgotten me, my good cousin, she said, in a gay tone,
gpt
Ah, I am glad to see he has not forgotten how to bow properly, or, I rather suspect, he has picked up the art since his return. I protest that, the first day he came back, he had no notion of bending his body, like the English, who, I hear, are either born with one joint only, and that is in their necks, or else they become stiffened from their forgetting to use them. Now, you are going to defend your friends, but don't attempt it; I hate them, with their stiff pride and supercilious airs, thinking every people their inferiors who do not possess such good roads and fine horses as themselves. There was one man who came here, an English lord, I forget his dreadful name, but it pained my mouth to attempt to pronounce it, who compared everything he saw with his own country; and, because our habits and manners differed from those to which he was accustomed, he must needs consider ours far less civilised, and took no trouble to conceal his opinion.
human
Though at first rather distant in manner, I was received by many with great cordiality and kindness, and saw much to admire in their manners and institutions,
gpt
I know nothing about their institutions, exclaimed Donna Theresa, in a pettish tone,
human
Where is Donna Clara? exclaimed Luis, interrupting her eagerly:
gpt
I have a packet to deliver to her.
human
You will find her in the ball-room, the admired of all beholders, and of none more so than of the Conde San Vincente, of whose lynx-eyed jealousy beware; and now, as I see that you are anxious to deliver your message, I will not detain you. Farewell, Luis!
gpt
I wronged her, muttered Luis, as he hastened to the ball-room.
human
Her heart is not turned to stone. Such dwells not in the female breast.