human
Ada, said the colonel, as he walked on,
gpt
I will not have you intimate with any of those sea officers. I cannot bear them, from the highest to the lowest. One of them had the impertinence to interfere between me and a lady to whom I was paying my addresses. By Jove, miss, he carried her off before my eyes. I have hated them ever since, with their easy-going, devil-me-care ways.
human
But surely, uncle, you would not make all suffer for the fault of one; and I suppose your rival loved the lady,
gpt
Love her, I suppose he did love her; but he had no business to do so, I tell you. I already looked upon her as my wife!
human
But did the lady confess her affection for you, uncle?
gpt
Confess her love!--why, ay, no--that is, I never asked her; or, rather, she took it into her head to refuse me altogether.
human
It will only enrage the old man, and excite suspicions in his mind. Perhaps he will insult me to get rid of me altogether,--I had better not.