human
_She_ found it impossible to speak to him otherwise than stiffly. She felt as if a great gulf lay between her caste and his, and that to cross it or meet him half-way would be to degrade herself. She gently asked Caroline,
gpt
Are you not afraid, my dear, to converse with that person so unreservedly? He may presume, and become troublesomely garrulous.
human
William presume, mamma? You don't know him. He never presumes. He is altogether too proud and sensitive to do so. William has very fine feelings.