human
You notice my color, said Mrs. Kinloch, mournfully, and with a faint smile;
gpt
Indeed!
human
I have met with a great loss, Mr. Clamp,--some papers of the greatest importance. I was going to consult you about them.
gpt
In which I got ahead of you,
human
Now, ever since the disappearance of Lucy, I have thought she had something to do with them. I never went to the secretary, but she was sure to be spying about. And I believe she knew about my affairs as well as I do myself.
gpt
Or I,
human
As the girl was ignorant, and without any interest in the matter more than that of curiosity, I am puzzled to account for all this.
gpt
Yes, I'm sure she must be only the tool of some shrewder person.
human
You alarm me! Who can it be?
gpt
Perhaps Mildred, or some one who is plotting for her. The Hardwicks, you know, expect she will marry Mark Davenport.
human
Do they, indeed? Well, now, that's a shrewd conjecture. Then you think Lucy didn't drown herself?
gpt
She? By no means!
human
But what can I do in the matter, Mrs. Kinloch?
gpt
We must find Lucy, or else discover her confidant,
human
Not very easy to do,
gpt
Not easy for me. But those that hide can find. Nothing is beyond search, if one really tries.