human
I am well aware it is a trying subject to approach, Mrs. Lovegrove replied, with praiseworthy mildness.
gpt
And I am far from blaming you for turning from it, Serena. I am sure it has weighed sadly on my mind and on George's, too. Not that he has said much, but I could see how he felt; and then a great deal has come out since. That is why I am so gratified to have you call here to-day, and so will Georgie be. He has taken it dreadfully to heart finding how we have all been taken in, and seeing how wrong it must put him with you and with Susan.
human
It is very proper that you should say that, Rhoda, the other observed with condescension.
gpt
I think you owe it to me to express regret. I should have been sorry if George had proved indifferent, for I have been very careful in what I have told Susan. Of course, I might have spoken strongly. I think anyone would admit I should have been quite justified in doing so. But I wished to spare George. Mamma was very much attached to him, and of course he was constantly with us in old days, before his marriage.
human
Poor Georgie was too upset to tell even me for a long time, she continued somewhat irrelevantly,
gpt
Who? What?