human
What has become of the woman you speak of as Pauline?
gpt
I do not know, replied Vanbrugh.
human
I have neither seen nor heard from her since the day before she left her daughter.
gpt
Say that I was disposed, said the Advocate, speaking very slowly, and pausing occasionally, as though he was apprehensive that he would lose control of speech,
human
It might be so--but at all events she would be ignorant of your knowledge of Gautran's guilt. This danger at least would be averted. The secret is ours at present, and ours only.
gpt
True. You believe that I knew Gautran to be guilty when I defended him?
human
I am forced to believe it. Explain, otherwise, why you permitted him to visit you secretly in the dead of night, and why you filled his pockets with gold.
gpt
It cannot be explained. Yet what motive could I have had in setting him free?
human
It is not for me to say. What I know, I know. I pretend to nothing further.
gpt
Do you suppose I care for money? As the Advocate asked the question, he opened a drawer in the escritoire, and produced a roll of notes.
human
Take them; they are yours. But I do not purchase your silence with them. I give the money to you as a gift.
gpt
And I thank you for it. But I must have more.
human
Wait--wait. This story of yours has yet to be concluded.
gpt
Is it my fancy, said Vanbrugh,