human
You have often told me that your father was dead, Ivan, she said.
gpt
Did you believe it, or was it a falsehood?
human
I--I--believed it,
gpt
No, you did not, she replied, triumphantly.
human
Ah, my lord, how proud you have been of your connection with the Carews! Yet your father is an escaped convict under sentence for life! Have you forgotten his name? Let me refresh your memory. George Harrison--alias Dutch Fred. Ah, you start--you remember! Yes, he told me his whole history, and I gave him the address of your mother--once his wife. He will go to her, he said, and demand half her fortune!
gpt
Ha! ha! how the _mater_ will rave! he laughed.
human
I wish papa success in plucking the madame. The devil knows what a time I had coaxing and wheedling pennies out of her pocket.