human
Miss Walsingham, whoever informed you of my using any such invidious term in connection with you, traduced me.
gpt
You never used the word then?
human
On my honor as a gentleman, no.
gpt
Ha, cried Margaret, with a flash of triumph,
human
You refer to the unlucky note I was insane enough to write to you, the night upon which I left Castle Brand? he inquired, slowly coming out of his fog.
gpt
I had forgotten its contents.
human
Most extraordinary that you should forget its contents, Colonel Brand. Then you can explain nothing, and I must expect no apology for the bitterest insult which you could have passed upon one in my position.
gpt
Dear Miss Walsingham, I--I meant no insult. Please do not take it as such.
human
So brave to bark! so timid to bite! she jibed.
gpt
Oh Colonel Brand, that is so unlike the daring spirit of the Brands, which scorned to cringe, that I am almost tempted to _believe you some impish changeling_.