human
That was a very nice present which Mr. Muckleton sent you on Christmas-Day,
gpt
O, yes, he replied in a sort of careless way;
human
I _know_ what he sent it for--that he may get my vote at the next election of town councillors. I can see through it.
gpt
Did not Mr. Shakleton call at your house the other day? and were you not pleased to see him?
human
So far as that goes, I was pleased; but I _know_ what he called for; not to see me or mine. It is not worth saying, but I _know_.
gpt
Has not Mrs. Mount recently joined your church? She is an excellent lady, of very good means and intelligence. I should think you will value her acquisition to your number.
human
Well, as for that, I cannot say. I like persons to act from pure motives in all things, especially in religious. Don't you know Mrs. Mount is a widow, and there is in our church that Squire Nance, a bachelor? I needn't say any more.
gpt
The Rev. Mr. Wem has left our church and gone to a church in London.
human
Indeed! I was not aware of that, but I guess it is to obtain more salary.
gpt
How do you know that?
human
How do I know it? You may depend he wouldn't have gone unless he could better himself.
gpt
My dear, said Mrs. Park to her husband one evening as they were sitting alone,
human
Tom has gone with young Munster to the city, and will be back about ten o'clock.
gpt
What has he gone there for? asked Mr. Park, rather sternly.
human
No good, I venture to say. You know the temptations that are in the city, and he is not so steady as we would like him to be.
gpt
I do really think, said Mrs. Lance, snappishly, to her servant one day,
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gpt
promising his wife that he would be home by eleven o'clock at night. This hour came, but no Squire. Twelve struck, and he had not returned. One struck, yea, even two, and no husband. Mrs. Nutt all this time was alone, watching for the Squire, and suspecting with a vivid imagination where he had gone, and what he was doing. At half-past two a sound of wheels was heard coming to the door, and in a few minutes the suspected husband entered the hall, and greeted his little wife with signs of affection. Instead of receiving him kindly in return, and waiting till the effects of the dinner had escaped before she called him to account, she began in a most furiously suspicious way to question him.
human
Where have you been all this time? Have you been round by Netley Hall? _I know all about what you have been up to._ This is a fine thing, this is, keeping me watching and waiting these hours, while you have been galavanting--ah! _I know where._