human
Come, Elizabeth, cried her mistress, cheerfully,
gpt
I have said all my say, and now I have only to give my good wishes. If Tom Cliffe deserves you, I am sure you deserve him, and I should like to tell him so.
human
Should you, Miss Hilary? and with a visible brightening up Elizabeth betrayed Tom's whereabouts, and her little conspiracy to bring him here, and her hesitation lest it might be
gpt
Not at all. Tell him to come at once. I am not like my sister; we always allow 'followers.' I think a mistress stands in the relation of a parent, for the time being; and that can not be a right or good love which is concealed from her, as if it were a thing to be ashamed of.
human
I think so too. And I'm not a bit ashamed of Tom, nor he of me,
gpt
Very well; take him to have his tea in the kitchen, and then bring him up stairs to speak to my sister and me.