human
My dear Helen, said he,
gpt
I owe you too much, answered Helen, looking down,
human
she added, perhaps clinging to the idea of some reprieve--
gpt
My mother--true. I will speak first to her. You shall receive from my family all honor due to your gentle virtues. Helen, by the way, have you mentioned to Violante the bond between us?
human
No--that is, I fear I may have unguardedly betrayed it, against Lady Lansmere's commands too--but--but--
gpt
So, Lady Lansmere forbade you to name it to Violante. This should not be. I will answer for her permission to revoke that interdict. It is due to Violante and to you. Tell your young friend all. Ah, Helen, if I am at times cold or wayward, bear with me--bear with me; for you love me, do you not?
human
Therefore, said Levy,
gpt
I trust I may very soon congratulate you on the acquisition of your family estates.
human
Strange! answered Randal,
gpt
Frank, by this time, has told his father of his engagement.
human
And you feel sure that the Squire can not be coaxed into consent?
gpt
No; but I feel sure that the Squire will be so choleric at the first intelligence, that Frank will not have the self-control necessary for coaxing; and, perhaps, before the Squire can relent upon this point, he may, by some accident, learn his grievances on another, which would exasperate him still more.
human
Ay, I understand--the _post obit_?
gpt
And what then?
human
The next of kin to the lands of Hazeldean may have his day.
gpt
You have good prospects in that direction, Leslie: look now to another. I spoke to you of the borough of Lansmere. Your patron, Audley Egerton, intends to stand for it.