human
I think you know who we are,
gpt
You are at present living at Malory, I believe,
human
Yes; but I mean _who_ we are,
gpt
I _have_ heard--in part accidentally--something.
human
Yes, said the girl;
gpt
My dear! are you _mad_?
human
Yes. We are the people who live at Malory, and my father had hoped that he might have escaped there the observation of all but the very few persons who take a friendly interest in him. The place was looked out and taken for us by a person of whom we know nothing--a clergyman, I believe. I have now, for the first time, learned from that gravestone to whom the place belongs. We know nothing of the townspeople or of neighbours. We have lived to ourselves; and if he had known that Malory belonged to the Verneys, I hope you believe he would neither have been mad or mean enough to come here, to live in the house of his enemies.
gpt
Oh, Margaret! Margaret! you have ruined your father,
human
I assure you, Miss Fanshawe, said Cleve,
gpt
His present ruin, and his approaching exile,
human
I'm sure, sir, what you say is exactly so, pleaded poor Miss Sheckleton, nervously.
gpt
It was, as you say, all about elections, and that kind of thing, which, with him, you know, never can be again. So, I'm sure, the feeling is all over. _Is_n't it, Mr. Verney?
human
I don't think it matters much, said the young lady, in the same tone of haughty defiance.
gpt
He does, darling. We may be overheard,
human
I can't say what is considered fair and manly, as you say, in political enmity; but, seeing what it has done, I have no reason to believe it very scrupulous or very merciful; therefore, with some diffidence, I ask only, whether you can promise that he shall not be molested for a few days, until some other refuge shall have been provided for us? And when we shall have left England for ever, you will have no more to fear from my father, and can afford, I think, to forget his name.