human
All the same, I wish you could have managed the thing without giving offence to Aunt Vic.
gpt
I couldn't help it, papa. I didn't _give_ Aunt Vic offence; she took it.
human
She's always been so fond of you--
gpt
I'm fond of _her_. She's an old darling. And yet I couldn't let her marry me off to a Frenchman, in the French way, when I'd made up my mind to--to do something else. Could I, Cousin Cherry?
human
I don't see how you could, dear. But I suppose your dear aunt--great-aunt, that is--has become so foreign that she's forgotten our simple ways. So long as you follow your heart, dear--
gpt
I've done that, Cousin Cherry.
human
They would call me arrogant if I were not a queen. The assumption of privilege and prerogative might be only the inborn consciousness of distinction, but he fancied it might be more effective for being tempered. Not that it was overdone. It was not done at all. If the inner impulse working outward poised a neat, classic head too loftily, or shot from gray eyes, limpid and lovely in themselves, a regard that was occasionally too imperious, Olivia Guion was probably unaware of these effects. With beauty by inheritance, refinement by association, and taste and