human
Really, Rhoda's behaviour to me is most extraordinary, she said to herself.
gpt
I had to mark my displeasure. For poor George's sake she ought not to be allowed to go too far. She has grown so very self-assertive. Last year her manner was much better. I suppose she and George have made it up again. People who are not really ladies, like Rhoda, are always so very much nicer when they are depressed. I wonder what has happened to make George make it up with her!
human
We did talk it over, did Peachie Porcher and myself, the great Eliza was saying,
gpt
Yes, the other lady admitted, candour and natural goodness of heart getting the better alike of resentment and diplomacy.
human
I always have maintained there were many sterling qualities in Mrs. Porcher.
gpt
So there are, the sweet pet! Eliza responded warmly.
human
And I sometimes question, Mrs. Lovegrove, whether a certain gentleman, now that he has cut himself adrift from her, may not be beginning to find that out and wish he had been less stand-offish and stony. Not that it would be any use now. For, if he did not appreciate Peachie Porcher, there are other and younger gentlemen, not a thousand miles from here, who do. I am not at liberty to speak more plainly at present, as the poor young fellow is very shy about his secret. A long attachment, and some might think it rather derogatory to Peachie's position to entertain it. But straws tell which way the wind blows; and a little bird seems to twitter to me, Mrs. Lovegrove, that if Charlie Farge did come to the point--why--