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35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your old pupil,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "P.S.--I shall be leaving this _immediately_, so pray answer in person, by return. You'll get this at nine o'clock to-morrow morning, at Clay. If you take the 11·40 train to Llwynan--you see I have my Bradshaw"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "White waistcoats and black, Blue waistcoats and gray,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "in large white waistcoats, and starched buff cravats; touring curates in spectacles and"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "people have gone elsewhere, it is still creditably frequented. Tom Sedley was fond of the old town. I don't think he would have reviewed the year at its close, with a comfortable conscience, if he had not visited Cardyllian,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Little Agnes, are you going to cut me? How well you look! Certainly there's no place on earth like Cardyllian, for pretty complexions, is there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're going to-morrow, you say; that's a great pity; everything looking so beautiful."
}... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose you have no end of news to tell me. Is anyone going to be married? Is anyone dying, or anyone christened? I'll hear it all by-and-by. And who are your neighbours at Malory?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, quite charming! exclaimed Miss Agnes eagerly."
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "when people spoke _of_ him, not _to_ him; for old Etherage was fiery and consequential, and a practical joke which commenced in a note from an imaginary secretary, announcing that"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Badger Hunt"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you do, Sedley? Very glad to see you, Tom--very glad indeed, sir. You'll come to-morrow and dine; you must, indeed--and next day. You know our Welsh mutton--you do--you know it well; it's better here than in any other place in the world--in the whole world, sir--the Hazel... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He says he's to go away to-morrow,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pooh--nonsense--not _he_--not _you_, Tom--not a bit, sir. We won't let you. Girls, we won't _allow_ him to go. Eh?--No--no--you dine here to-morrow, _and_ next day."
},
{
"from": "human",
"... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So, said Miss Agnes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did, by Jove. Didn't you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said Agnes, looking down at her spoon--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I admired her; that is, her features are very reg... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For mercy's sake, my dear Charry, do think of _me_! If you tell Doctor Splayfoot he'll be certain to tell it all to Wynne Williams and Doctor Lyster, and Price Apjohn, and every creature in Cardyllian will know everything about it, and a great deal more, before two hours; and on... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can't understand it--it is like some confounded witchcraft, said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I _can't_ get her out of my head."
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By Jove! I think it's moving, he said aloud, pulling up all at once and lowering his cigar."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, it _isn't_ moving, but it _did_ move, I _think_--yes, it has changed its ground a little--hasn't it? Or is it only my stand-point that's cha... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I beg your pardon, sir, said the old woman, with a nervous eagerness, drawing near."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But pray, can _you_ see a sail in that direction, a yawl, sir, they call it, just _there_? --she pointed--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's no sail, ma'am, between us and Pendillion,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ha, ha! I thought I saw it, exactly, sir, in _that_ direction; _pray_ look more carefully, sir, my old eyes tire, and fail me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, ma'am, positively nothing there. How long ago is it since you first saw it?"
},
{
"from": "human"... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Charming place this Cardyllian, ma'am. I believe no one ever was robbed in it. They leave their doors open half the night, just like that."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do they, indeed? said she. I think she had forgotten her companion altogether in the interval."
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, will you forgive me? Are you related to the Verneys?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, I haven't that honour, said he, smiling."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I _know_ Cleve Verney very well, and a very good fellow he is; but we're not connected; ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you permit me to see you to the house?"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's a nice old woman, odd as she is; she looks quite like a lady; she's certainly not the woman we saw in church to-day; how well she looked; what a nice figure, that time, as she stood looking from the shore; that cloak thing is loose to be sure; but, by Jove, she might have... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quite right, perfectly right! you could do nothing else. I hope the la----your master is not vexed. You must say I told you to mention how very much pained I was at having made such a mistake. Say that I, Mr. Sedley, regret it very much, and beg to apologise. Pray don't forget. ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're to come back in her, to Ware, this evening, said he, as they shook hands."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm so glad I've found you. I've to meet a friend at the Verney Arms, but our talk won't take very long; and how have you been amusing yourself all day? Ra... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those shovel-hatted martinets! they never allow a minute for common sense, or anything useful--always pottering over their clerical drill and pipe-clay,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Sedley, I forgot,--what about the man? Did he tell you anything?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do believe if a fellow once allows a girl to get into his head, ever so little, he's in a sort of way drunk--worse than drunk--systematically foolish, said honest ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Tom, I think, if we have any dignity left, we had better turn our backs upon this inhospitable refectory, and seek comfort elsewhere. By Jove! a pretty row you must have made up there this morning to oblige the governor to declare the place in a state of siege, and mount h... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll run down toward Penruthyn Priory,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Starboard;"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's lost her mast, I think,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "D---- you, where are your lights?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No one overboard?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no. You'll be the _Wave_, sure? Mr. Cleve Verney, from Ware?"
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Chancery stood a"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Capital place to read out the Ten Commandments, exclaimed Cleve."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Glad to see you, old Dixie. It's a long time since we met."
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've obeyed the summons, you see; punctually, I hope. Delighted, my dear, distinguished young pupil, to meet you, and congratulate you on your brilliant successes, delighted, my dear Cleve,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's not so neat as the old speech, Dixie; d... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you remember the day I shied that awful ink-bottle at your head? by Jove, it was as large as a tea-pot. If I had hit you that time, Dixie, I don't think we'd ever have found a mitre to fit your head."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Arch, arch--ha, ha! dear me! yes-... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was in the little study at Malory. By-the-by, who are those people you have put into Malory?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ha--the--the people who occupy the _house_?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come--who are they?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm only too happy to think my distinguished, and I may say, honoured pupil, should deem me fit for a weighty charge in the Church; and I may say, although Clay has been considered a nice little thing, some years ago, yet, since the vicar's--I must say, most unreasonable--claim ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isaac, Isaac, you shan't come that over me. I _don't_ think you fit--not a bit. I'm not an Aristides, only a bishop; and I don't pretend to more conscience than the rest. His eye rested on him with an unconscious disdain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And for the li... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And those are really my intentions respecting you, he resumed;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you really _serious_, Mr. Verney?--_really_ so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, quite so; and I can keep my word, as you know. Who are they?"
},
{
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, he thought,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My young friend will be very glad; she draws a little, and enjoys such sights immensely. Margaret!"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've got the key of the church, also; you'll allow me, I hope, to show it to you. It is really very curious--a much older style than the rest of the building--and there are some curious monuments and epitaphs."
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How strange! How rude it is, and irregular; not large, and yet how imposing!"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's so true! considering how small it is, it does inspire a wonderful awe, said he, catching at the opportunity."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's very dark, to be sure, and that goes a long way; but its style is so rough and Cyclopean, that it overcomes one wit... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that a broken pillar?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's the font--very ancient--there's some odd carving about it, which has puzzled our antiquaries,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, _this_, said he, pointing to a block of carved stone placed in the aisle,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "called the elder visitor, in the subdued tone suited to the sacred place."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, darling, and see this."
},
{... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a charming, funny old woman she must have been!"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think you know who we are,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are at present living at Malory, I believe,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; but I mean _who_ we are,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I _have_ heard--in part accidentally--som... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm afraid you think me a very mean person, indeed, said Cleve."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To no one, not to my uncle, not to any living person, will I so much as hint that I know anything of Sir Booth Fanshawe's present place of abode. I don't think that we men ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're very kind. I _know_ you won't deceive us, Mr. Verney, said Miss Sheckleton, with an imploring look, and laying her hand unconsciously upon his arm."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am sure you won't disappoint us; but it is a great difficulty; you've no idea, ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is then understood, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not for the world! Nothing would vex him more. That is, I mean, it is better he should not think that he has been recognised; he is impetuous, and, as you _must_ know, a little fiery, and just now is suff... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have detained you here, most unreasonably, Mr. Verney, I'm afraid, said Miss Sheckleton, glancing towards the door."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The evenings have grown so short, and our boatman said we should be longer returning; and I think we should have been... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "May I?"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have been to the old Priory twice since I met you there."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh!"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you never purpose visiting the ruin again? asked Cleve."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I had hoped it interested you and Miss Fanshawe too much to be dropped on so slight an acquaintance."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know. Our little expedi... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You got home very well that day from the Priory; I watched you all the way,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh! yes; the distance is nothing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are very good, answered Miss Sheckleton, looking down."
},
{
"from": ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Erl King"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good heavens! mightn't he have said that in five words? Then a"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pish! --"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Always grumbling about that executorship. Why did he take it? I do believe he likes it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the 15th proximo --Very well; on the 15th he would be in town, and hear his uncle upon this subject, involving his"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "and"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Could it be that his out-cast uncle, who had been dragging out a vill... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the Old Man of the Mountains be really out of the way, it's an important event for us!"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thy house shall be of clay, A clot under thy head; Until the latter day, The grave shall be thy bed."
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You've climbed the wall, little gipsy, said the beautiful lady, with a shake of her head and a little frown, raising her finger threateningly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! You say nothing? This is a lonely place; don't you know there are ghosts here and fairi... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Squirrels! How curious! My poor little Whisk, there's none like you, funny little Whisk, kind little Whisk, true little thing; you loved your mistress, and no one else, no one else. He's buried there, under that large rose-bush; I won't cry for you, little Whisk, any more, I sai... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll buy one of these little things, they _are_ very pretty, and I'll call it Frisk; and I'll please myself by thinking it's little Whisk's brother; it _may_ be, you know, she said, unconsciously taking the little boy into the childish confidence."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor little deserted squirrels!--two little foundlings!--what am I to think? Tell me, cousin Anne, was that little boy what he seemed, or an imp that haunts these woods, and wants to entangle me by a bargain uncompleted; or a compassionate spirit that came thus disguised to supp... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He'll _never_ appear again, dear."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should really say, to judge by that speech, that you knew something about him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it? said the girl;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As to ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There are dreams that have in them, I think, the germs of insanity; and the sooner we dissipate them, don't you think, the better and the wiser?"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's vexing herself about my conjectures, thought the old lady."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm sorry I said a word about it. I believe _I_ was a fool, but _she's_ a greater one. She's young, however, and has that excuse."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I've relieved her mind,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is not always easy to know how to please young ladies, thought Miss Sheckleton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They won't always take the trouble to know their own minds. Poor thing! It _is_ very lonely--very lonesome, to be sure;--and this little temper will blow... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Please, sir, a gentleman which his name is Mr. Larkin, is at the door, and wishes to see you, sir, on partickler business, please."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just wait a moment, Edward. Three fathom--two--four feet--by Jove! So it is. We might have been aground f... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How d'ye do, Mr. Larkin? My uncle is at present in France. Sit down, pray--can I be of any use?"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh? in a prolonged tone of mild surprise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They quite misinformed me in town--not at Verney House--I did not allow myself time to call there; but my agents, they assured me that your uncle, the Honourable Kiffyn Fulke Verney, was at pres... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The information, however, I feel concerns you, my dear sir, as nearly, in a manner, as it does your uncle; in fact, your youth taken into account, more momentously than it can so old a gentleman. I would, therefore, merely venture to solicit one condition, and that is, that you ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mysterious are the dealings of Providence, Mr. Verney; happy those who read the lesson, sir. How few of us so favoured! Wonderful are his ways!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No very great wonder, however, considering he was sixty-four in May last. The young man knew... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, certainly, said the attorney,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our consul, I suppose,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If he were cognisant of all the points necessary to put in proof, the case would be a very simple one indeed,"
},
{
"from": "g... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Splendid and convenient residence, and in all respects suitable, Mr. Verney, to the fine position of usefulness, and, I may say, splendour, to which you are about being called,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Won't you take something, Mr. Larkin, before you go?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No--thanks--no, Mr. Verney--many thanks. It is but an hour since I had my modest _déjeuner_ at that sweet little inn at Llwynan."
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "SO the old man of the mountains is dead at last, thought Cleve."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poor old sinner--what a mess he made of it--uncle Arthur! Fine cards, uncle, ill played, sir. I wonder what it all was. To judge by the result he must have been a precious ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This house must be made habitable, one of the first things, said he,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope that attorney fellow, Larkin, will go on and work this thing properly. It would be too bad that any delay should occur for want of proof--another name for want of energy--after the unfortunate old fellow has actually died."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Lo... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If my uncle Arthur had married some one whom he really loved, how differently all might have gone with him! Here am I, with more money ultimately awaiting me than I shall really care to spend. One thousand pounds with me will do more than two thousand with most other men. I don'... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sleeping Beauty."
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a sweet evening! said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've been down to Penruthyn Priory--I've grown so fond of that old place. I used not to care about it; but one changes--and now it seems to me the most interesting place in the world, except, perhaps, one.... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That old church is, I think, quite beautiful. I was exploring these woods with my little squirrels here, when I suddenly came upon this view, and here I stood for nearly ten minutes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm very much obliged, I know, to Llanderris Church, ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He could not help it, poor little fellow. He lives at Pendillion, nine miles across the water, and nearly thirty by the road. You must lay the whole blame upon me--you must, indeed. It's all my fault."
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must not be vexed with _them_ either, it is all my doing, my fault, let me confess. I ran down in my boat to Pendillion, and looked up that little fellow who always has half-a-dozen squirrels. I had to go twice to find him, and then brought him here, and he met a lady in the... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I've done more--I'm even _more_ guilty; I'll hide nothing--I've taken a great reward--I've got a talisman that I prize above anything--this little coin; and there was a bright shilling fixed like a"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "to his watch-guard."
},
{
... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How d'ye do? What a charming evening? and having arrived at the hawthorn tree beside which they were standing, she added, in the low tone in which she habitually spoke of the Baronet--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir Booth is not very well this evening--he's in hi... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then I had better run in and see him. And with a gay slight"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good-bye,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are always, Mr. Verney, in a fuss here; that is, we never know exactly what a post may bring us any morning or evening, or how suddenly we may have to go. You may guess what it is to _me_, who have to arrange everything, said the old lady, lifting her thin fingers and shaking... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "MY DEAR SIR,--The interview with which you this morning honoured me, conveyed more fully even than your note implies your wishes on the subject of it. Believe me, I needed no fresh incentive to exertion in a matter so pregnant with serious results, and shall be only too happy to... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have the honour to be, dear Sir, Very truly yours,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "JOS. LARKIN."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "P.S. I may mention that the Jewish firm to which I have referred, have addressed to me a letter, apprising me of the decease ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Capital man of business, this Mr. Larkin! Who could have expected an answer, and so full an answer, so immediately to his letter? That is the kind of attorney the world sighed for. Eager, prompt, clear, making his clients' interests his own --more literally sometimes than Cleve ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let him send for me if he wants me. I shan't pretend to have seen him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How d'ye do, Cleve? and his uncle, who was sitting in a great chair at the table, with some letters, noted, and folded into long slim parallelograms, already before ... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very lonely, sir, Ware is. You've come to stay for a little time perhaps."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh! no. Oh, dear no. My view upon that subject is very decided indeed, as you know. I ask myself this question,--What good can I possibly do, about it, by residin... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A--well, that's all, at present; and immediately on receiving the first of these I wrote to the consul there--a very proper man, very well connected; I was, I may say, instrumental in getting his appointment for him--saying he'd obleege me by instituting inquiry and communicatin... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're not coming. I shan't see her. They must have seen our sail. Hang it, I knew we tacked too soon. And she's such an odd girl, I think, if she fancied I were here she'd rather stay at home, or go anywhere else. Three o'clock! He held his watch to his ear for a moment."
},... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm so glad we've met you here, Mr. Verney, said artful Miss Sheckleton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was just thinking, compared with our last visit, how little profit we should derive from our present. I'm such a dunce in ancient art and architecture, and in al... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm so fond of this old place, said Cleve, to fill in a pause."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should be ashamed to say--you'd think me a fool almost--how often I take a run over here in my boat, and wander about its grounds and walls, quite alone. If there's a tran... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What shall we do? said Cleve, as soon as they had reached the enclosure of the buildings."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall we begin at the refectory and library, or return to the chapel, which we had not quite looked over when you were obliged to go, on your last... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I quite forgot, Miss Fanshawe, said he, artfully compelling her attention,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is elaborately carved, and is dated, you see, 1411. If you look near you will see that the original epitaph has been chipped off near the middle, and the word... |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here it is,"
}
] |
35467 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And about the way in which faces rivet the imagination and haunt the memory, I've never experienced it but once,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh! it has happened to me often, very often. From pictures, I think, always; evil expressions of countenance that are ambig... |
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