human
My beloved Ada, this is the last time that I may have an opportunity of speaking to you, said Fleetwood, as, the dance being over, he led her to an open balcony which looked out on the moonlit harbour.
gpt
You know how ardently I love you, and that willingly would I sacrifice all the prospect of your uncle's property, if he would give his consent to our union; but I would not urge you to act in opposition to his wishes--yet there is a time when obedience ceases to be a duty, and that time must come when he obstinately refuses to give you to me.
human
He will not, he cannot do so, when he knows how dearly, how deeply you love me.
gpt
Then this very night, or to-morrow morning, before you sail, I will ask you from him, and as soon as I pay off the _Ione_, which I shall probably do in the course of two months, I will come back and claim you. Shall I do so, dearest?
human
Oh, yes! do, Charles. It is the only way, and, believe me, whatever is the result, I will be faithful to you. While you claim me, I will never marry another.
gpt
I cannot ask more, and yet I could not demand less without contemplating an event which would wring my heart with anguish, exclaimed Fleetwood, pressing her hand to his lips.
human
I think, however, we may before that time again meet--I expect to be sent to Greece, and shall contrive to visit Cephalonia.