human
I will not keep you if you still wish to go, after hearing my story, answered Mrs. Home;
gpt
Have you heard anything lately of Mr. Harman?
human
I have not; and pardon me, Mr. Harman does not interest me.
gpt
Ah! said Mrs. Home,
human
Did he confess his guilt? I know that he is a very sinful man.
gpt
He has been a great sinner, but he has repented. He has confessed that early and terrible sin of his youth. He has not only confessed, but he is taking steps to make full reparation.
human
Indeed! then you will come into your rights? Let me congratulate you.
gpt
You knew of his sin? You knew what his sin was Mr. Hinton?
human
Yes, I knew.
gpt
Charlotte had hoped to keep that disgrace from you.
human
Ah!
gpt
She gave you another reason for breaking off her engagement?
human
Yes, a weak and futile one. She could not expect me to believe it. I did what she had but done before me. I went to Somerset House and saw that will which has been so greatly abused.
gpt
She never knew that.
human
Pardon me, she did.
gpt
I fear I must be rude enough to contradict you. She said most distinctly that you were fully satisfied with the reasons she had given for breaking off the engagement, that perhaps you might never now learn what her father had done.
human
But I wrote to her, he said.
gpt
I wrote a letter which, it seemed to me, any woman who had a spark even of kindness would have answered. In that letter, I told her that I held her to her promise; that I knew all; that even if she did not write to me I would call and try to see her. She never replied to my letter, and when, after waiting for twenty-four hours, I went to the house, she absolutely refused to see me.
human
She never knew you called, answered Mrs. Home,
gpt
Good heavens! how do you know?
human
I know her too well; but I will ask her directly.
gpt
How dare you insinuate doubts of so noble a creature?
human
I could only believe facts.
gpt
Has a letter never gone astray? Has a letter never failed to reach the hands it was meant for? Mr. Hinton, I am ashamed of you.
human
If you can prove that she never got it?
gpt
I know she never got it. She is changed; her heart is half broken. But I will prove it. I will go to her at once. Are you still going to Scotland?
human
I need not go until I hear from you. You have astonished me greatly.
gpt
Then drive to my house. Ah! you do not know our new address; it is ----; wait for me there, I will be with you in an hour or so.