human
And if the suit _should_ make us rich, Esther--which it may, you know!
gpt
My dearest Ada, asked Richard, pausing,
human
It had better declare us poor at once,
gpt
O! I don't know about that, returned Richard;
human
Too true,
gpt
Yes, but, urged Richard, answering what her look suggested rather than her words,
human
You know best, Richard. But I am afraid if we trust to it, it will make us unhappy.
gpt
But, my Ada, we are not going to trust to it! cried Richard, gayly.
human
We know it better than to trust to it. We only say that if it _should_ make us rich, we have no constitutional objection to being rich. The Court is, by solemn settlement of law, our grim old guardian, and we are to suppose that what it gives us (when it gives us any thing) is our right. It is not necessary to quarrel with our right.
gpt
No, said Ada,
human
Well, well! cried Richard,
gpt
Dame Durden's approving face, said I, looking out of the box in which I was packing his books,