human
Niece, said the colonel, stamping with his stick at the bottom of the carriage, as if to arouse her,
gpt
I confess I spoke to him a great deal this evening, answered the poor girl, in a tremulous voice.
human
I hoped that you would not blame me, as he said that he would speak to you and explain everything.
gpt
Well, young lady, he did speak to me, and a damned impertinent thing he said, too. He had the folly--the outrageous, unconscionable folly--to ask me to allow you to marry him! exclaimed the colonel in a husky voice, again almost driving his stick through the bottom of the carriage.
human
He had the folly; but I was not fool enough to accede to it--I refused him, young woman. And now, never let me hear his name mentioned again.