human
Old friend, where have you been all this time? he said at last.
gpt
I had thought you dead, and have grieved sorely for you.
human
I have had some narrow escapes, Stephen said;
gpt
Inez, Señor Mendez, you both remember Stephen Boldero?
human
We have never forgotten you, the Spaniard said, shaking hands with the sailor,
gpt
I have had a rough time of it these five years, Stephen said.
human
But I care not now that I am home again and have found my friend Geoffrey. I arrived in Bristol but last week, and started for London on the day I landed, mindful of my promise to let his people know that he was safe and well, and with some faint hope that the capture of Cadiz had set him at liberty. I got to Hedingham last night, and if I had been a prince Mr. Vickars and his dame and Sir Lionel could not have made more of me. They were fain that I should stop with them a day or two; but when I heard that you were in London and had married Señora Dolores, and that Señor Mendez was with you--all of which in no way surprised me, for methought I saw it coming before I left Cadiz--I could not rest, but was up at daylight this morning. Your brother offered to procure me a horse, but I should have made bad weather on the craft, and after walking from Bristol the tramp up to London was nothing. I got to your house in the city at four; and, finding that you were here, took a boat at once, for I could not rest until I saw my friend again.