human
I know what you mean, he whispered sadly, with his bright young face cast down.
gpt
I cannot think what can have made me such a fool. Only please to tell me one thing. Has there been any chap in front of me?
human
How can I tell what you mean?
gpt
I must not ask who it is, of course. Only say it's not the swell that drives the four bay horses.
human
I do not know any one that drives four bay horses. And now I think that I had better go. Only, as I cannot ever meet you any more, I must try to tell you that I like you very much, and never shall forget what I owe to you; and I hope you will very soon recover from this--this little disappointment; and my dear father, as soon as we return to England--for I must go to fetch him----
gpt
Grace--oh, let me call you 'Grace' once or twice, it can't matter here in the middle of the wood--Grace, I was so taken up with myself, and full of my miserable folly, which of course I ought to have known better----
human
I must not stop to hear any more. There is my hand--yes, of course you may kiss it, after all that you have done for me.
gpt
I am going to do a great deal more for you, cried Kit, quite carried away with the yielding kindness of lovely fingers.
human
For your sake I am going to injure and disgrace my own father--though the Lord knows the shame is of his own making. It is my father who has kept you here; and to-night he is going to carry you off. Miss Patch is only a tool of his. Your own father knows not a word about it. He believes you to be dead and buried. Your tombstone is set up at Beckley, and your father goes and cries over it.
gpt
But his letters--his letters from Demerara? Oh! my head swims round! Let me hold by this tree for a moment!