human
How goes the world with you this afternoon, Mr Louvaine?
gpt
Mr Marshall! I ask your pardon. I had not seen you.
human
I thought not. You have taken a long walk.
gpt
Now, how am I to get at this shut-up heart? said Mr Marshall to himself.
human
To say the wrong thing just now may do considerable harm. Yet what is the right one? Aloud he said only,--
gpt
I hope my Lady Lettice is well? I know not whether you or I saw her last.
human
I have not seen her for months,
gpt
Then I am happier than you, for I saw her three weeks since. I thought her looking somewhat frail and feeble, even more so than her wont; yet very ripe for Heaven, when as it shall please God to take her.
human
Mr Louvaine, did you ever hear that my mother and your grandfather were friends of old time?