human
They arranged that you should sit next to her,
gpt
Oh, I suppose that came naturally;--one young man and one young woman, you know.
human
Those things are always arranged, and they would not have done it unless they had thought that it would please Mr. Melmotte. Oh, Felix! if you can bring it about.
gpt
I shall if I can, mother; you needn't make a fuss about it.
human
No, I won't. You cannot wonder that I should be anxious. You behaved beautifully to her at dinner; I was so happy to see you together. Good night, Felix, and God bless you! she said again, as they were parting for the night.
gpt
I shall be the happiest and the proudest mother in England if this comes about.
human
I suppose we can go at any rate on Tuesday, Georgiana said on the Friday evening.
gpt
I don't know why you should suppose anything of the kind, the father replied. Poor Lady Pomona was urged by her daughters to compel him to name a day; but Lady Pomona was less audacious in urging the request than her younger child, and at the same time less anxious for its completion. On the Sunday morning before they went to church there was a great discussion up-stairs. The Bishop of Elmham was going to preach at Caversham church, and the three ladies were dressed in their best London bonnets. They were in their mother's room, having just completed the arrangements of their church-going toilet. It was supposed that the expected letter had arrived. Mr. Longestaffe had certainly received a dispatch from his lawyer, but had not as yet vouchsafed any reference to its contents. He had been more than ordinarily silent at breakfast, and,--so Sophia asserted,--more disagreeable than ever. The question had now arisen especially in reference to their bonnets.
human
You might as well wear them, said Lady Pomona,
gpt
You don't mean it, mamma,
human
I do, my dear. He looked like it when he put those papers back into his pocket. I know what his face means so well.
gpt
It is not possible, said Sophia.
human
He promised, and he got us to have those horrid people because he promised.
gpt
Well, my dear, if your father says that we can't go back, I suppose we must take his word for it. It is he must decide of course. What he meant I suppose was, that he would take us back if he could.
human
Mamma!