human
And now, Sarah, having so successfully arranged the affairs of other people, I should like to plead in my own behalf. I think that after having been deprived almost wholly of your dear company for a month, I deserve to be rewarded.
gpt
You do, indeed, Jacob, said Mrs Drummond,
human
I do acknowledge it, mamma; but what is this reward to be?
gpt
That you will allow your father and mother to arrange an early day for our nuptials, and also allow Tom and Mary to be united at the same altar.
human
Mamma, have I not always been a dutiful daughter?
gpt
Yes, my love, you have.
human
Then I shall do as I am bidden by my parents, Jacob; it will be probably the last command I receive from them, and I shall obey it; will that please you, dear Jacob?