human
I had not time to introduce him this morning, he said,
gpt
Oh, certainly, said Mrs. Villars, with one of her blandest smiles--
human
He is a singular being, returned Hargrave, smiling his thanks;
gpt
Indeed, said Caroline,
human
Pray do not mention it, he rejoined, quickly;
gpt
I ought to have forestalled observation, by introducing him to you--and you said nothing, after all--I only thought you looked contemptuous--so I was too hasty, and it was my fault. You may, probably, never have heard of him, for he has not been in England for many years. He is my maternal uncle, the son of my grandmother, by her first husband--my own mother being a Lesly. I have heard that, when a very young man, he was of such enthusiastic temperament, that he entered the church mission, which took him abroad, for a long time, where, amongst heathen and savage life, he devoted himself to the work he had undertaken with great success, enduring, cheerfully, every kind of privation, being separated from the society of his equals, and without reserving to himself a single solace, but the one feeling that he was performing his duty. One cannot help admiring such a character,
human
Well, and has he never been home since then?
gpt
Yes, replied Hargrave,