human
This twice I have thrown myself at his head and he has rejected me. Then she abided Lord Castlewell's coming, and the scene between them took place as above described. The marriage was at once declared as a settled thing.
gpt
Now, my dear, you must name the day,
human
I have got to finish my engagement, said Rachel;
gpt
I am bound down to the end of May. When June comes you shan't find a girl who will be in a greater hurry. Do you think that I do not wish to become a countess?
human
Covent Garden is not going to quarrel with me about my wife, I'm sure,
gpt
Ah! but my own one, said Rachel,
human
What can it signify what Mr. Moss may say?
gpt
Ah! but my own man, it does signify. Mr. Moss shall know that through it all I have done my duty. Madame Socani will tell lies, but she shall feel in her heart that she has once in her life come across a woman who, when she has signed a bit of paper, intends to remain true to the paper signed. And, my lord, there is still £100 due to you from my father.
human
Gammon!
gpt
I could pay it by a cheque on the bank, to be sure, but let us go on to the end of May. I want to see how all the young women will behave when they hear of it.
human
As to that wicked old man, her father--
gpt
He's not so very old,
human
She's no chicken, and he's old enough to be her father. That is, if he is her father. I have known that girl on the stage any day these ten years.
gpt
No, you've not; not yet five. I don't quite know how it is.