human
It is a difficult place to fill, to give satisfaction, she says,
gpt
No. He gives a short laugh.
human
And, thinking of myself, I find more excuse for Eugene's distaste. Yet if I were to let it go, the family fortunes would go with it, and I might justly be blamed. I must keep it for the year, at all events.
gpt
Is it--very bad?
human
I cannot seem to get any true understanding of the case. When Mr. St. Vincent comes back we shall go at it in real earnest. And, in any event, your portion shall be made safe.
gpt
Oh, do not think of that, it is such a mere trifle! I supposed mamma had drawn it all out until I looked over her papers. Then I had a notice of the settlement, but I should have come home in any event. I had grown tired of Europe, very tired. I dare say you think me _ennuied_, whimsical.
human
Indeed, I do not, warmly.
gpt
Home is to a woman what the setting is to a diamond. And though the advice of such a rambler may not be worth much, still, whatever I can do----