human
Yes,
gpt
Is anything the matter, my dear? Is there any way in which I can help you?
human
I don't know, answered the girl.
gpt
I thought perhaps you could; it flashed through my mind to-day that perhaps you could. You have seen me in the chapel?
human
Oh yes; yours is not the sort of face one is likely to forget.
gpt
I am not happy,
human
I am sorry to hear that. But don't you agree with me that we poor human creatures think too much of our own individual happiness and too little of the happiness of others? It seems to me that the golden rule to live by in this: Provided my brother is happy, all is well with me.
gpt
That is true to a certain extent, said Betty;
human
She paused a minute. Then she said abruptly,
gpt
I am not at all the cringing sort, and I am not the girl to grumble, and I love Mrs. Haddo; and, sir, there have been moments when your voice in chapel has given me great consolation. I also love one or two of my schoolfellows. But the fact is, there is something weighing on my conscience, and I cannot tell you what it is. I cannot do the right thing, sir; and I do not see my way ever to do what I suppose you would say was the right thing. I will tell you this much about myself. You have heard of our Speciality Club?
human
Of course I have.
gpt
The girls were very good to me when I came here--for I am a comparative stranger in the school--and they elected me to be a Speciality.
human
Indeed! said Mr. Fairfax.
gpt
That is a very great honor.
human
I know it is; and I was given the rules, and I read them all carefully. But, sir, in a sudden moment of temptation, before I came to Haddo Court, I did something which was wrong, and I am determined not to mend my ways with regard to that matter. Nevertheless, I became a Speciality, knowing that by so doing I should break the first rule of the club.