human
Dearest mother, forgive me!
gpt
But are you--are you really going back--back over the seas?
human
Yes. I can't help it, mother! No one knows how miserable I have been over here. Forgive me--forgive me--but I can't stay! I can't indeed! But--but you shall come out too, and the others; and your life will be happier than it has been for years, once you are used to it.
gpt
No; it is impossible,
human
How so? Both Fanny and Maurice, once when I sounded them--
gpt
Fanny will never go, and I cannot leave her.
human
Why? Mother dear, what do you mean?
gpt
I mean that your sister is going to be married.
human
You take my breath away, mother! I know of nothing. Whom is it to?
gpt
Can you ask?
human
I cannot guess.
gpt
Then it is to your friend, Mr.--no, Jack--Jack Flint.
human
God bless old Jack!
gpt
I can go out alone, he whispered.
human
And--and I wish them joy; from my heart I do! I will go and tell them so.