human
It is possible that, dearly as we love each other, such a little doubt might divide us by and by, she said to herself.
gpt
Yes, yes, it is right that I should dissipate it, absolutely right, when I feel so very, very sure.
human
I would make reparation.
gpt
You are better now,
human
Yes, my darling; much, much better. He sat up as he spoke, and made an effort to put on at least a show of life and vigor.
gpt
A man of my age fainting, Charlotte, is nothing, he said;
human
I will not,
gpt
It is nice to have you all to myself, my little girl; it is very nice. Not that I grudge you to Hinton; I have a great regard for Hinton; but, my darling, you and I have been so much to each other. We have never in all our lives had one quarrel.
human
Quarrel, father! of course not. How can those who love as we do quarrel?
gpt
Sometimes they do, Lottie. Thank God, such an experience cannot visit you; but it comes to some and darkens everything. I have known it.
human
You have, father?
gpt
I had a great and terrible quarrel with my father, Charlotte; my father who seemed once as close to me as your father is to you. He married again, and the marriage displeased me, and such bitter words passed between us, that for years that old man and I did not speak. For years, the last years of his life, we were absolutely divided. We made it up in the end; we were one again when he died; but what happened then has embittered my whole life--my whole life.
human
And to-day, Lottie, continued Mr. Harman,
gpt
Mind it! mind it! Oh, father!