human
Our travelling arrangements will perhaps require some change! he began again in his sharp, searching tone.
gpt
Henry's sudden departure has disarranged all our plans; I have not been told,--I certainly have not been informed, he added with an irritation that showed his sensitiveness on this point,
human
You are the first to inform me of Henry's departure, she said.
gpt
Did he leave no line for me?
human
No! not even a good-by; he declared that he should return to America on the first steamship that sailed from Hamburg.
gpt
What had you done to Henry, Jane? asked Atkins in a low voice, as he bent down to her.
human
He looked terribly when he came from you.
gpt
You always declared that he cherished a passion for me, she said.
human
I had never believed it. I thought the dollar the only divinity to which he knelt.
gpt
It will perhaps be so in the future! replied Atkins dryly.
human
Such weakness overpowers a man like Henry but once. He should have held to his American traditions; then the heir and future chief of the house of Alison & Co. would have received no refusal. It is not well, this mixture with German blood; you yourself very well see that now, Miss Jane, and Henry evidently has had enough of your German romances to last a lifetime. But his is not a nature to burden itself with an unhappy, love for any long time, and I do not doubt that within a year's time we shall hear of his marriage with one of our home heiresses.
gpt
Would to God it might be so!
human
Shall we continue our walk? he asked at length.
gpt
This old castle is doubtless very interesting, but there is a draught about the romantic, mediæval haunt. I think we had best return to the sheltered valley.
human
I shall remain! declared Jane with her usual positiveness.
gpt
But I will not allow you to expose yourself longer to this 'romantic draught.' You will of course direct your walk to M. and we shall meet upon our return.