human
You might use your moral influence, my lord.
gpt
Moral influence? in a tone which implied naively enough,
human
I'd better get a little morals myself before I talk of using the same.
gpt
Your position in the parish--
human
My good sir! quoth Scoutbush in his shrewd way;
gpt
And since your seventeenth progenitor took the trouble to live at Penalva Court, said Campbell,
human
Hardly fair, Major Campbell! quoth Tom;
gpt
The long and the short of it is, then, said Scoutbush a little tartly,
human
You can put to rights the cottages which are still in your hands, my lord. For the rest, my only remaining hope lies in the last person whom one would usually depute on such an errand.
gpt
Who is that?
human
The schoolmistress.
gpt
The who?
human
The schoolmistress; at whose house Major Campbell lodges.
gpt
If you doubt me, my lord, I advise you to ask Mr. Headley. He is no friend of hers; being a high churchman, while she is a little inclined to be schismatic; but an enemy's opinion will be all the more honest.
human
She must be a wonderful woman, said Scoutbush;
gpt
I should like to see her.
human
And I too, said Campbell,
gpt
I passed a lovely girl on the stairs last night, and thought no more of it. Lovely girls are common enough in West Country ports.
human
We'll go and see her,