human
Agnes appreciate it!
gpt
Of course, Polly said;
human
Thank goodness, Harry muttered to himself,
gpt
She is engaged to him, and he is a capital fellow; but for all that unless we find the will, or she has this ｣10,000, she knows, and I know it by her face, that it may be years before she marries Percy Desborough, if she ever does so.
human
By George, Harry exclaimed, taking his pipe suddenly from his mouth, and jumping up from his chair,--
gpt
By George, if I thought for a moment that Percy Desborough----
human
There, you will interrupt me, Harry, Polly said, looking for the first time up from the fire with a little glance of amusement into his angry face.
gpt
Do sit down and hear me out, and you will see that there is no vengeance to be taken upon any one.
human
The fact is, Harry, you have heard of Lady Desborough, and from what you have heard you must know----
gpt
My dear Polly, I interrupted in my turn, assured at last that she had intuitively arrived at a correct conclusion about the state of my engagement with Percy,--
human
My dear Polly----
gpt
My dear Agnes, she said,
human
--and she spoke in a very soft tender voice, turning round to me, and laying her hand on mine,--
gpt
Lady Desborough, and now she was looking steadily into the fire again, as if she read there all she was saying,
human
Why cannot Percy marry her in spite of his mother? Harry growled in an unconvinced way.
gpt
He is not a boy; why can he not do as he likes?
human
Because his present income and his future fortune depend upon her. I heard Agnes say so the last time I was at home. She could refuse to allow him one penny, and leave every farthing she possesses to Ada. You don't suppose that a subaltern in a cavalry regiment can keep a wife on his pay, even if Agnes would marry him under the circumstances, which she would not. Is all this true, Agnes darling?
gpt
You are certainly a witch, Polly,