human
Oh, you're a nice companion for me when you could say such a thing--you that taught me the secret of the stars, and how they shine down, down just on the spot where that which we seek lies hidden, and after showing me its gleam in the shining waters!
gpt
Miss Winifred, cried the old man,
human
And he bent one knee before her.
gpt
I was thinking of the ordinary child, with its love of telling news; and not of the young lady, with the old blood in her veins and a mind of uncommon acuteness.
human
I don't want you to kneel to me, she said gravely, in her princess-like manner.
gpt
You're old and I'm young, and you should not kneel. Neither should I have spoken to you as I did. But you must not doubt me--you must not believe I could betray your secret.
human
Then you forgive me? said the old man.
gpt
And, to show you how I do trust you, I'm going to give you another present, mavourneen. Oh, the like of it you never saw!