human
Now, _this_, said he, pointing to a block of carved stone placed in the aisle,
gpt
called the elder visitor, in the subdued tone suited to the sacred place.
human
Come, darling, and see this.
gpt
This inscription is worth reading, and I can tell you about the old woman, for I remember her quite well. I was eight years old when she died. Old Martha Nokes; she died in her hundred and twentieth year.
human
There's some beautiful embroidery on satin, worked by her more than a hundred and fifteen years ago, at Ware, said Cleve Verney.
gpt
They say such work can't be had now. '_In the course of her long pilgrimage_,' you see by the epitaph, '_she had no less than twenty-three substantial offers of marriage, all which she declined, preferring her single state to the many cares and trials of wedded life, and willing also to remain to the end of her days in the service of the family of Verney, (to whom she was justly grateful,) and in which she had commenced her active and useful, though humble life, in the reign of King George the First_.' So you see she spent all her life with us; and I'll tell our people, if you should happen to pass near Ware--it's not an hour's sail across--and would care to see it, to show you her embroidery, and her portrait; and if there's anything else you think worth looking at; there are some pictures and bronzes--they'll be quite at your service; my uncle is hardly ever at Ware; and I only run down for a little boating and shooting, now and then.
human
Thank you,