human
If I had never known you? he repeated,
gpt
As you know, I did not take Adèle's advice, but I have never forgotten, Laurence, some of the things she said.
human
She's not given to speaking of you--of us; indeed she's not! She never again alluded to the matter; but the other day when I was persuading her,--she required a good deal of persuasion, Laurence--to consent to my plan, I reminded her of all she had said four years ago.
gpt
And what was it that she did say four years ago? asked Vanderlyn with a touch of angry curiosity;
human
No, said Peggy, quietly,
gpt
Vanderlyn again made a restless, almost a contemptuous movement--
human
I should have been the cause of your wasting the best years of your life; I should have broken and spoilt your career, and all--all for nothing.
gpt
Nothing? exclaimed Vanderlyn passionately.
human
Ah! Peggy, do not say that. You know, you must know, that our love--I will not call it friendship, he went on resolutely,