human
This is a strange matter!
gpt
It is indeed! said Arderne.
human
It seems to me like something unreal. I can scarce believe that Clara de Mowbray hath perished in such a venture.
gpt
You knew the lady, then?
human
I did, said Arderne.
gpt
She was the friend and intimate of Charlotte Clopton, she of whom ye have heard me speak, and consequently in former days much here; nay, she rented a mansion at Shottery for the purpose of being near her friend.
human
Perhaps said the Captain,
gpt
Nay! said Arderne,
human
Tush, man! that mattered not amaravedi, said the Captain;
gpt
Would to Heaven, said Arderne mournfully,
human
Ah! said the blunt Captain,
gpt
I doubt thee not, good Master Arderne. Such a woman were worthy of an emperor's love; one to worship in life, and evermore sigh for when dead. But come--no more sad brow and sighing breath. Thou art the likeliest man in all the country,--hast fair domains, castles, parks, and warrens, according to yonder scrivener. Such an one need not sigh for a wife methinks. Let us in, lest the old knight and the law-man fall to buffets, spite of the news brought.
human
Sir Hugh must indeed not know of this, said Arderne,