human
Ay, ay, I know whom you mean; he had known me some years ago. So you saw him! What said he to you of me?
gpt
Augh! little enough, Master Aram, he seemed to think only of satisfying his own appetite; said he'd been a soldier.
human
A soldier, humph!
gpt
Never told me the regiment, though,--shy--did he ever desert, pray, your honour?
human
I don't know; answered Aram, turning away.
gpt
I know little, very little, about him! He was going away, but stopped to add:
human
The man called on me last night for assistance; the lateness of the hour a little alarmed me. I gave him what I could afford, and he has now proceeded on his journey.
gpt
Oh, then, he won't take up his quarters hereabouts, your honour?
human
No, no; good evening.
gpt
What! this singular stranger, who so frightened my poor girls, is really known to you; said Lester, in surprise:
human
Scarcely, said Aram, with great composure;
gpt
here, interrupting himself, and breaking into a new sentence, Aram added:
human
Why, you will not leave me yet? The young ladies expect your return to them for an hour or so! What will they think of such desertion? No, no, come back, my good friend, and suffer me by and by to walk some part of the way home with you.
gpt
Pardon me, said Aram,
human
I must leave you now. As to the ladies, he added, with a faint smile, half in melancholy, half in scorn,
gpt
I am not one whom they could miss;--forgive me if I seem unceremonious. Adieu.