human
I shall give information, she cried.
gpt
You shall be charged with his murder!
human
You will waste your time, Stella, he said.
gpt
For one thing, a woman may not give evidence against her husband. Another thing, there cannot very well be a charge for murder unsupported by the production of the body. And for a third thing, I should deny the whole story.
human
I think, she declared,
gpt
Stella, he said,
human
Tell me, she asked, with almost insolent irony,
gpt
My God, yes! he answered, with a sudden fire.
human
I suffer the tortures of the damned sometimes because I missed my chance! There! I'm telling you this just so that you shall think a little differently, if you can. You and I between us have made an infernal mess of things. It was chiefly my fault. And as regards Palliser--well, I am sorry. Only the fellow--he may have been lovable to you, but he was a coward and a sneak to me--and he paid. I am sorry.
gpt
You mean to tell me, Andrew, she persisted,
human
More, he declared vigorously.
gpt
There isn't a single thing I have or ever have had in life which I wouldn't give for the chance--just a chance--
human
And she cares for you?
gpt
I think that she would, he answered.
human
She has been brought up in a very old-fashioned school. She knows of you.
gpt
Well, she said,
human
I suppose I am a brute, but I am glad to know that you can suffer. I hope you will suffer; it makes you seem more human anyhow. But in return for your confidence I will answer the other part of your question. The man Miller was at the Manor that afternoon. Palliser confessed to me that he had given him some important document.
gpt
Given him!
human
Well, sold him, then. Tony hadn't got a shilling in the world and he would never take a halfpenny from me. He had to have money. He told me about it that night before you came. Miller gave him five thousand pounds for it--secret service money from one of the branches of his party. Now you know all about it.
gpt
Yes, I know all about it, Tallente assented, a little bitterly.
human
You can take your trip to America without a single regret, Stella. I shall certainly never be a Cabinet Minister again, much less Prime Minister of England. Miller can use those papers to my undoing.
gpt
You are like the fool, she said,