human
May I come to you, Rhoda?
gpt
Yes, mother, Rhoda answered.
human
I know how shocked and hurt you must be, she added.
gpt
But, indeed, I couldn't help it.
human
O Rhoda, said Mrs. Farren,
gpt
The truth, mother? echoed Rhoda.
human
What is it that you mean?
gpt
He says, dear Rhoda, that he ought to have told you who he was, Mrs. Farren replied.
human
He sees now that it was wrong to come here under a new name.
gpt
A new name! her daughter repeated.
human
For pity's sake, mother, speak plainly. Who is he, if he is not Ralph Channell?
gpt
We all thought you must have found out, said Mrs. Farren, in a perplexed tone.
human
He is poor Helen's husband--Robert Clarris.