human
Strength o' fiddlesticks! said Temperance, turning on her.
gpt
Madam, I ask your Ladyship's pardon.
human
My dear lady, I cannot answer you as now, was Lady Louvaine's reply.
gpt
The pillar of cloud hath not moved as yet; and so long as it tarrieth, so long must I also. It may be, as seemeth but like, that my next home will be the churchyard vault, that let my Father judge. If it had been His will, that I might have laid my bones in mine own country, and by the side of my beloved, it had been pleasant to flesh and blood: but I know well that I go to meet him, wherever my dust may lie. I am well-nigh fourscore years old this day; and if the Lord say, `Go not over this Jordan,' let Him do as seemeth Him good. Methinks the glory of the blessed City burst no less effulgent on the vision of Moses, because he had seen the earthly Canaan but far off. And what I love the best is not here, but there.
human
Mrs Edith, she said,
gpt
Your Ladyship is most good unto us, responded Edith, thankfully.
human
I am assured it should greatly comfort my dear mother.
gpt
It seems to me, Mrs Temperance, that your words be something sharp.
human
Well, Madam, to tell truth, folks do put me out now and again more than a little. Many's the time I long to give Faith a good shaking; and I could have laid a stick on Aubrey's back middling often,--I'll not say I couldn't: but if the lad sees his blunders and is sorry for 'em, I'll put my stick in the corner.
gpt
I think I would leave it tarry there for the present, said Lady Oxford, with a soft little laugh.
human
God grant you a good even!