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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! what have I done?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was kill or cure, said he."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am to live, it seems. Well, then, the past is dead. My life begins again to-day."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your worship."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am a farmer, like yourselves, said he;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "She has known me too long to take up her head with a newcomer, said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To be sure I never asked her to name the day; but she knows my mind well enough, and I know hers."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then you know more than I do,"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, lass, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've good news for thee. My old dad says we may have his house to live in. So now you and I can yoke next month if ye will."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Me turn the honest man out of his house!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who asks you? He nobbut bargains for the chimney corner: and you are not the girl to begrudge the old man that."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh no, Paul. But what would father do if I were to leave his house? Methinks the farm would go to rack and ruin; he is so wrapped up in his nasty public."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, he has got a helper, by all accounts: and if you talk like that, you will never wed at all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never is a big word. But I'm too young to marry yet. Jenny, thou jade, stand still."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take thy head out o' the coow, said he, roughly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wooing? You never said so much to me in all these years, as you have to-day."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, ye knew my mind well enough. There's a many ways of showing the heart."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Speaking out is the best, I trow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, what do I come here for twice a week, this two years past, if not for thee?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, for me, and father's ale."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And thou canst look at me, and tell me that? Ye false hard-hearted hussy. But, nay, thou wast never so: 'tis this Thomas Leicester hath bewitched thee, and set thee against thy true lover."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. Leicester pays no suit to me, said Mercy, blushing:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The more fool I. I wish I had known he was going to rob me of my lass's heart, I'd have seen him die a hundred times ere I'd have interfered. But they say if you save a man's life he'll make you rue it. Mercy, my lass, you are well respected in the parish; take a thought now: better be a farrier's wife than a gentleman's mistress."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "at this, and, for once, her cheek burned with anger; but the unwonted sentiment died before it could find words, and she said, quietly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I need not be either, against my will."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is not the man to have a fever by reason of me,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, sweetheart, what is amiss?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No great matter,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, but tell me, child."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, then, Jessie Carrick has been at me; that is all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The vixen! what did she say?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nay, I'm not pleased enow with it to repeat it. She did cast something in my teeth."
}
] |
57685
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Like enow, said Mrs. Vint, coolly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She'll eat her victuals all one for that, please God."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Else I'll ring the cock-nosed jade's neck, next time she comes here, replied Griffith;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ten to one 'tis about her brother, said she;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Her sweetheart! said Griffith."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, I have seen them together a dozen of times, and not a word of courtship."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, the young men don't make many speeches in these parts. They show their hearts by act."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By act? why, I met them coming home from milking t' other evening. Mercy was carrying the pail, brimful; and that oaf sauntered by her side, with his hands in his pockets; was that the act of a lover?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I heard of it, sir, said Mrs. Vint, quietly;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I! How?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, sir, our Mercy is a kind-hearted lass, though I say it, and you were sick, and she did nurse you; and that was a beginning. And, to be sure, you are a fine personable man, and capital company; and you are always about the girl; and, bethink you, sir, she is flesh and blood like her neighbours; and they say, once a body has tasted venison steak, it spoils their stomach for oat porridge. Now that is Mercy's case, I'm thinking; not that she ever said as much to me; she is too reserved. But bless your heart, I'm forced to go about with eyes in my head, and watch 'em all a bit, me that keeps an inn."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm a villain!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, nay, said Mrs. Vint."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She was, cried Griffith;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God bless her. How can I ever repay her?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, sir, said Mrs. Vint,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "She is an angel, cried Griffith,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shouldst have seen his face, girl, when I told him Paul and you were sweethearts. 'Twas as if I had run a knife in his heart."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the girl is not good enough for you, why make a fool of her, and set her against a good husband? And when he replied she was good enough for any man in England,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then, said she,"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Call things by their right names, said she."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What you offer me this day, in my father's house, is, to be your mistress. Then--God forgive you, Thomas Leicester."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't speak to me no more, if you please, sir,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, oh, dame, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, sir, said Mrs. Vint,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll ride and see it, said Griffith, eagerly: then, dejectedly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are ye sighing about, ye foolish man? said she, contemptuously;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not I. Humph, to be sure there is Caroline Ryder. She is handsome, and hath a good wit. She is a lady's maid."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's your woman, if she'll come. And to be sure she will; for to be mistress of an inn, that's a lady's maid's Paradise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She would have come a few months ago, and gladly: I'll write to her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Better talk to her, and persuade her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll do that too; but I must write to her first."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So do then; but whatever you do, don't shilly-shally no longer. If wrestling was shilly-shallying, methinks you'd bear the bell, you or else Paul Carrick. Why, all this trouble comes on't. He might have wed our Mercy a year agone for the asking. Shilly-shally belongs to us that be women. 'Tis despisable in a man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Vine"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Put the whole earth and sea between us for ever after this."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've been insulted--insulted--insulted!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My child! Bring me my little Rose."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never ask me that question again, cried Mrs. Gaunt, wildly: then, with inexpressible dignity,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, lasses, said he,"
}
] |
57685
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's only me, mamma,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come in, my precious,"
}
] |
57685
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "My mistress sees no one for the present,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is an unhappy misunderstanding between my husband and me. But I shall neither accuse him behind his back, nor justify myself."
}
] |
57685
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oho! my lady,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You will take that hack,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, without a word?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Without a word. But I will write, when I am able."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't be long, sir, suggested Ryder."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am sure my mistress is wearying for you. Consider, sir, she is all alone now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not so much alone as I am, said the priest:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here's a couple of fools,"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You come at the wrong time, young man, said she."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Marriage is put out of countenance. No, no, I will never marry, after what I have seen in this house."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thomas, said this plausible jade,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I like you very well; but I couldn't leave my mistress in her trouble. Time to talk of marrying when master comes here alive and well."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, said Leicester,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who says?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jane, and all the lasses."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You simple man, they want you for themselves; that is why they belie me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, nay; I saw how you carried on, when I brought word he was gone. You let your heart out for once. Don't take me for a fool: I see how 'tis: but I'll face it: for I worship the ground you walk on. Take a thought, my lass. What good can come of your setting your heart on him? I'm young, I'm healthy, and not ugly enough to set the dogs a barking: I've got a good place; I love you dear; I'll cure you of that fancy, and make you as happy as the day is long. I'll try and make you as happy as you will make me, my beauty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am very sorry, Tom, said she, softly:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Killing is a game that two can play at."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah! but 'tis an ugly game: and I'll have no hand in it. And--don't you be angry with me, Tom--I've known him longest, and--I love him best."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is but reason, said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I take my answer, and I wish ye both many happy days together, and well spent."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have been too long in one place, said she;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hate being too long in one place myself."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ryder has told me, said she, softly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am sorry for you: and I will do what you require. And, to be sure, we need no gamekeeper here now."
}
] |
57685
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, Dame, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My good Thomas, said she, at last,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I might,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God grant you may: and, if ever you should, think of your poor mistress, and give him--this. She put her finger into her bosom and drew out a bullet wrapped in silver paper."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will never lose this, said she."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I value it more than gold or silver. Oh, if ever you _should_ see him, think of me and my daughter, and just put it in his hand without a word."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mayhap you will fall in with our master: if ever you do, tell him he is under a mistake, and the sooner he comes home the better."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "These with speed."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be secret as the grave. Would I were in it."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, not even bid me good-bye?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The truth is, sir, she could not trust herself to see you go; but she bade me give you a message. Says she, 'Mother, tell him I pray God to bless him, go where he will.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, dame! said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Packhorse."
}
] |
57685
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Woodman,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So you are going, are ye? said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A good job too. Then, turning to the other,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Master Gutteridge, never you save a man's life if you can anywise help it. I saved this one's: and what does he do but turn round and poison my sweetheart against me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How can you say so? remonstrated Griffith."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never belied you. Your name scarce ever passed my lips."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't tell me, said Carrick."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "However, she has come to her senses, and given your worship the sack. Ride you into Cumberland, and I to the 'Packhorse,' and take my own again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Packhorse."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll teach you to spit your wormwood in my cup of sorrow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Packhorse,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, mother, sighed Mercy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I could have made him happy. He does not know that; and he has turned his back on content. What will become of him now?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take your own way, Dame, said he, in great agitation."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Put up the banns when you like. Sweetheart, wilt wed with me? I'll make thee the best husband I can."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm too late, methinks."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That you be, Paul, said Mrs. Vint, cheerfully."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She is meat for your master."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't--you--never--come to me--to save your life--no more,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shall I don my bravery for strangers, and not for my Thomas, that is the best of company?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What a comfort to have a Protestant wife."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kate, my dear."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who is Kate?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No matter, said he, all in a flutter: then, solemnly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whoever she was, she is dead; dead."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! said Mercy, very tenderly and solemnly, and under her breath."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You loved her; yet she must die. She paused; then, in a tone so exquisite I can only call it an angel's whisper,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor Kate!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For God's sake never mention that name to me again. Let me forget she ever lived. She was not the true friend to me that you have been."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say not so, Thomas. You loved her well. Her death had all but cost me thine. Ah, well! we cannot all be the first. I am not very jealous, for my part; and I thank God for't. Thou art a dear good husband to me, and that is enow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Packhorse"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Had you told me in time, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I had not paid forfeit for 'The Vine,' but settled there, and given you a home."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor father!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thou hast married a gentleman; and he hath not the heart to lift a hand to save thy folk from ruin."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Say not so, pleaded Mercy:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jewels, quotha! will they stop such a gap as ours?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wife, if our Mercy had wedded one of her own sort, mayhap he'd have helped us a bit."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, poor soul; and she so near her time: if the bailiffs come down on us next month 'tis my belief we shall lose her as well as house and home."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did I get you into this mess? It's all your own doing. Learn to see your own faults, and not be so hard on one that has been the best servant you ever had, gentleman or not."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Child! said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know that, said she, softly;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and so laid her cheek to his."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, Thomas, for my sake, get it honestly; or not at all, said she, still filling his pipe, with her cheek to his,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll but take back my own, said he;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Landlord, you ought to have married her to me. I've got two hundred pounds laid by. I'd have pulled you out of the mire, and welcome."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Would you, though, Paul? said Harry Vint;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I take your inn, your farm, and your debts, on me, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Spoke like a man! cried the landlord, joyfully:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This house is mine. Get out on't, ye jealous, mischief-making cur."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There goes one good customer."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If your debts are to be mine, your trade shall be mine too, that you had not the head to conduct."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So be it, son-in-law, said the old man;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That shall be the last of your taunts, old man. He turned to the ostler,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bill, give Black Dick his oats at sunrise: and in ten days at farthest I'll pay every shilling this house and farm do owe. Now, Master White, you'll put in hand a new sign-board for this inn; a fresh 'Packhorse,' and paint him jet black, with one white hoof (instead of chocolate), in honour of my nag Dick; and in place of Harry Vint you'll put in Thomas Leicester. See that is done against I come back, or come you here no more."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thy good man, he said,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sly mistress, said she,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do I know he is alive?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Me go a hunting the man, cried she, turning red;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, but madam, would you not like to learn where he is, and what he is doing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, yes, my good, kind friend, I should like to know that."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The spirited woman's very flesh revolted at the sight of the place where she had been insulted and abandoned. But as she went deeper in religion, she forced herself to go to the gate and look in, and say out loud,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I gave the first offence,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forgive me, my good dame, but I desire to know----"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "In black!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The day is gone by for that, madam, he gasped. Then, sternly:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Think you I came here to play the credulous husband?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! come back here, and not sorry for what you have done? not the least sorry? Oh, my heart! you have almost broken it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Prithee, no more of this, said Griffith, sternly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You and I are nought to one another now, and for ever. But there, you are but a woman, and I did not come to quarrel with you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank God for that, faltered Mrs. Gaunt."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, sir, the sight of you--the thought of what you were to me once--till jealousy blinded you. Lend me your arm, if you are a man; my limbs do fail me."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, come, said he, gently;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall not trouble you long. I'm cured of my jealousy. 'Tis gone, along with my love. You and your saintly sinner are safe from me. I am come hither for my own, my two thousand pounds, and for nothing more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! you are come back for money, not for me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For money; and not for you, of course,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then money shall you have, and not me; nor ought of me but my contempt."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come, and I'll give you what you are come for, she sobbed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ungrateful! heartless! Oh, how little I knew this man!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, child, he has come home, said she, bitterly;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Send a swift horse for Father Francis; tell him, life or death!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Dame, said Griffith, doggedly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, I thank you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then listen to me. When you and I set up house together, I had two thousand pounds. I spent it on this house. The house is yours. You told me so, one day, you know."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah, you can remember my faults."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I remember all, Kate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you, at least, for calling me Kate. Well, Griffith, since you abandoned us, I thought, and thought, and thought, of all that might befall you; and I said, 'What will he do for money? My jewels, that you did me the honour to take, would not last you long, I feared. So I reduced my expenses three-fourths at least, and I put by some money for your need."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For my need?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For whose else? I'll send for it, and place it in your hands--to-morrow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To-morrow? Why not to-day?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have a favour to ask of you first."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Justice. If you are fond of money, I too have something I prize: my honour. You have belied and insulted me, sir; but I know you were under a delusion. I mean to remove that delusion, and make you see how little I am to blame: for, alas! I own I was imprudent. But, oh Griffith! as I hope to be saved, it was the imprudence of innocence and over-confidence."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mistress, said Griffith, in a stern, yet agitated voice,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So be it. I must go, sir, and give some orders for your entertainment."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh; don't put yourself about for me, said Griffith,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am not the master of this house."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then are you my guest, said she;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Child, if I have been a good mistress to thee, show it now. Help me keep him in the house till Father Francis comes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I undertake to do so much, said Ryder, firmly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leave it to me, mistress."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mistress, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah! I have one true friend in the house,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mercy, my dear, said he, to himself,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Papa! papa! she cried."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, my dear, dear, dear, darling papa!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My pretty angel! he sighed:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How your heart beats: don't cry, dear papa. Nobody is dead: only we thought you were. I'm so glad you are come home alive. Now we can take off this nasty black: I hate it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, 'tis for me you wear it, pretty one?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay. Mamma made us. Poor mamma has been so unhappy. And that reminds me: you are a wicked man, papa. But I love you all one for that. It tis so dull when everybody is good like mamma; and she makes me dreadfully good too; but now you are come back, there will be a little, little, wickedness again, it is to be hoped. Aren't you glad you are not dead, and are come home instead? I am."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am glad I have seen thee. Come, take my hand, and let us go look at the old place."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay. But you must wait till I get on my new hat and feather."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, nay; art pretty enough bareheaded."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, papa! but I must, for decency. You are company now, you know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dull company, sweetheart, thou'lt find me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't mean that: I mean, when you were here always, you were only papa; but now you come once in an age, you're COMPANY. I won't budge without 'em; so there, now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, little one, I do submit to thy hat and feather: only be quick or I shall go forth without thee."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you dare, said Rose, impetuously:"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And don't you go away again, dear papa. It tis so dull without you. Nobody comes here. Mamma won't let 'em."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nobody except Father Leonard,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Father Leonard? Why, he never comes here. Leonard! That is the beautiful priest that used to pat me on the head, and bid me love and honour my parents. And so I do. Only mamma is always crying, and you keep away: so how can I love and honour you, when I never see you, and they keep telling me you are good for nothing, and dead."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My young mistress, when did you see Father Leonard last?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How can I tell? Why it was miles ago; when I was a mere girl. You know he went away before you did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know nothing of the kind. Tell me the truth now. He has visited here since I went away."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, papa."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is strange. She visits him, then?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, mamma? She seldom stirs out; and never beyond the village. We keep no carriage now. Mamma is turned such a miser. She is afraid you will be poor; so she puts it all by for you. But now you are come, we shall have carriages and things again. Oh, by-the-by, Father Leonard! I heard them say he had left England, so I did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When was that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I think that was a little bit after you went away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is strange,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So, thought he,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is she not grown? Is she not lovely? Sure you will never desert her again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This, before my girl? she cried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Griffith Gaunt, you lie!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, that I were a man! she cried:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But--as you are not a man, and I'm not a woman, we can't settle it that way. So I give you the last word, and good day. I'm sore in want of money; but I find I can't pay the price it is like to cost me. Farewell."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Begone! said Mrs. Gaunt:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, mamma, don't quarrel with papa: then back to Griffith,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, papa, don't quarrel with mamma--for my sake."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, my lamb, we twain must not quarrel before thee. We will part in silence, as becomes those that once were dear, and have thee to show for't. Madam, I wish you all health and happiness. Adieu."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good black horse, girl, to take me from this cursed place. Did I not tie him to your gate?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The black horse? Why I sent him for Father Francis. Nay, listen to me, master; you know I was always your friend, and hard upon her. Well, since you went, things have come to pass that make me doubt. I do begin to fear you were too hasty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you tell me this now, woman?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How could I tell you before? Why did you break your tryst with me? If you had come according to your letter, I'd have told you months ago what I tell you now; but, as I was saying, the priest never came near her after you left; and she never stirred abroad to meet him. More than that, he has left England."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Remorse! Too late."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perhaps it may, sir. I couldn't say; but there is one coming that knows the very truth."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who is that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Father Francis. The moment you came, sir, I took it on me to send for him. You know the man: he won't tell a lie to please our Dame. And he knows all: for Leonard has confessed to him. I listened and heard him say as much. Then, master, be advised, and get the truth from Father Francis."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Francis is an honest man, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll wait till he comes. But oh, my lass, I find money may be bought too dear."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your chamber is ready, sir; and your clothes put out. Supper is ordered. Let me show you your room. We are all so happy now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said he, listlessly,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll dress, and so to supper; I'm main hungry. It seems a man must eat, let his heart be ever so sore."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is too long a story to tell you now,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Another time then,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My mistress desires you not to wait for her. She has no stomach."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, then, I have,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Welcome, thou one honest priest!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Welcome, thrice welcome, my long-lost son!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sit down, man, and eat with me. I'll begin again, for you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Presently, Squire; I've work to do first. Go thou and bid thy mistress to come hither to me."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These, said he, very gravely,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me read them at once,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not till she is also present,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come, come, sir, said he,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The brazen jade! thought Griffith."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how divinely beautiful!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Catherine Gaunt, you began the mischief, by encouraging; another man to interfere between you and your husband in things secular."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, father, he was my director, my priest."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My daughter, do you believe, with the Protestants, that marriage is a mere civil contract; or do you hold, with us, that it is one of the holy sacraments?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can you ask me?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, those whom God and the whole Church have in holy sacrament united, what right hath a single priest to disunite in heart, and make the wife false to any part whatever of that most holy vow? I hear, and not from you, that Leonard did set you against your husband's friends, withdrew you from society, and sent him abroad alone. In one word, he robbed your husband of his companion and his friend. The sin was Leonard's: but the fault was yours. You were five years older than Leonard, and a woman of sense and experience; he but a boy by comparison. What right had you to surrender your understanding, in a matter of this kind, to a poor silly priest, fresh from his seminary, and as manifestly without a grain of common sense as he was full of piety?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, father, that is how it all began. Would to heaven it had stopped there."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This false step led to consequences you never dreamed of; for one of your romantic notions is, that a priest is an angel. I have known you, in former times, try to take me for an angel: then would I throw cold water on your folly by calling lustily for chines of beef and mugs of ale. But I suppose Leonard thought himself an angel too; and the upshot was, he fell in love with his neighbour's wife."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And she with him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not so, said Francis;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Prove that, said Mrs. Gaunt,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To be sure, from the moment you discovered Leonard was in love with you, you drew back, and conducted yourself with prudence and propriety. Read these letters, sir, and tell me what you think of them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stay, said Father Francis;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then you must be--how can I write it?--almost in love with me."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "CATHERINE GAUNT."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poor soul! said Griffith."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Said I not that women are not wicked, but weak? Who would think that after this he could get the better of her good resolves--the villain!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now read his reply,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, said Griffith."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So this is his one word of reply, is it? three pages closely writ--the villain, oh the villain!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Read the villain's letter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Such a cry of anguish, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He went on to say that prayer and vigilance united do much."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do not despair so soon of me. Flight is not cure: let me rather stay and, with God's help and the saints', overcome this unhappy weakness. If I fail, it will indeed be time for me to go and never again see the angelic face of my daughter and my benefactress."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cannot understand it. This is not the letter of a thorough bad man neither."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said Father Francis, coldly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You deceive yourself."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Either you must go, or I, said she:"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can't understand it, said Griffith."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are these letters all forged, or are there two Kate Gaunts? the one that wrote these prudent letters, and the one I caught upon this very priest's arm. Perdition!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Methinks 'tis time for me to leave the room,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Gently, my good friends; one thing at a time, said Francis."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sit thou down, impetuous. The letters, sir, what think you of them?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I see no harm in them,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! she sobbed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, said Griffith, in a broken voice,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you account for that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll tell _you_, Father, said Kate,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I could give thee the lie, said Griffith, in a trembling voice;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! poor soul! sighed Kate:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, poor fools, said Father Francis, softly;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I saw Father Leonard was giving way, and only wanted one good push, after a manner. Well, you know I had got him, by my friends, a good place in Ireland: and I had money by me for his journey; so, when my husband talked of going to the fair, I thought, 'Oh if I could but get this settled to his mind before he comes back.' So I wrote a line to Leonard. You can read it if you like. Tis dated the 30th of September, I suppose."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "CATHERINE GAUNT."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, father, said Mrs. Gaunt,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who asked you to forgive him? said the shrewd priest."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your own heart. Come, look at him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not I, said she, irresolutely. Then, still more feebly:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is nought to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Something tells me she has spoken the truth, he said, in a quavering voice. Then, with concentrated horror,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But if so--oh God, what have I done?--What shall I do?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, fall at thy wife's knees, and ask her to forgive thee."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder whether that fat pullet tastes as well as it smells: can you tell me, Squire?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, inhospitable wretch that I am, said Mrs. Gaunt:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I thought but of my own heart."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And forgot the stomach of your unspiritual father. But, madam, you are pale, you tremble."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is the master to lie to-night?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, is there not a bed in his room?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh yes, madam."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then see it be well aired. Put down all the things before the fire; and then tell me; I'll come and see. The feather bed, mind, as well as the sheets and blankets."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tread softly on the landing, an if it please you, gentlemen. My mistress hath been unwell; but she is in a fine sleep now, by the blessing, and I would not have her disturbed."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you afraid of me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, my dear, not exactly; and yet I am: afraid, or ashamed, or both."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You need not. I said I forgive you; and you know I am not one that does things by halves."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are an angel! said he, warmly;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say not so. Time and sweet recollections may heal even this wound by degrees."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God grant it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And, though we can't be lovers again all at once, we may be friends; to begin, tell me, what have you on your mind? Come, make a friend of me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall I guess?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will never guess, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me try. Well, I think you have run in debt, and are afraid to ask me for the money."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What made you think that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because you came here for money, and not for happiness. You told me so in the Grove."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is true. What a sordid wretch you must think me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, because you were under a delusion. But I do believe you are just the man to turn reckless, when you thought me false, and go drinking and dicing. She added, eagerly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not suspect you of anything worse."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then tell me the way of it. You must not think, because I pester you not with questions, I have no curiosity. Oh, how often have I longed to be a bird, and watch you day and night unseen. How would you have liked that? I wish you had been one, to watch me. Ah, you don't answer. Could you have borne so close an inspection, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, never mind, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, then, when I left you I was raving mad."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is true, I'll be sworn."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I let my horse go; and he took me near a hundred miles from here, and stopped at--at--a farmhouse. The good people took me in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God bless them for it. I'll ride and thank them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nay, nay; 'tis too far. There I fell sick of a fever, a brain-fever: the doctor blooded me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! would he had taken mine instead."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And I lost my wits for several days; and when I came back I was weak as water, and given up by the doctor: and the first thing I saw, was an old hag set a making of my shroud."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The good people nursed me, and so did their daughter, and I came back from the grave. I took an inn; but I gave up that, and had to pay forfeit; and so my money all went; but they kept me on. To be sure I helped on the farm: they kept a hostelry as well. By-and-by came that murrain among the cattle. Did you have it in these parts too?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know not; nor care. Prithee, leave cattle, and talk of thyself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, in a word, they were ruined, and going to be sold up. I could not bear that: I became bondsman for the old man. It was the least I could do. Kate, they had saved thy husband's life."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not a word more, Griffith. How much stand you pledged for?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A large sum."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Would five hundred pounds be of any avail?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Five hundred pounds! Ay, that it would, and to spare; but where can I get so much money? And the time so short."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give me thy hand, and come with me,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There! she cried, thrusting it into his hand, and blooming all over with joy and eagerness:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought you would want money; so I saved it up. You shall not be in debt a day longer. Now mount thy horse, and carry it to those good souls: only, for my sake, take the gardener with thee--I have no groom now but he--and both well armed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! go this very day?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, this very hour. I can bear thy absence for a day or two more; I have borne it so long: but I cannot bear thy plighted word to stand in doubt a day, no not an hour. I am your wife, sir, your true and loving wife; your honor is mine, and is as dear to me now as it was when you saw me with Father Leonard in the Grove, and read me all awry. Don't wait a moment, begone at once."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, nay, if I go to-morrow I shall be in time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, but, said Mrs. Gaunt, very softly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am afraid if I keep you another hour I shall not have the heart to let you go at all: and the sooner gone, the sooner back for good, please God. There, give me one kiss, to live on, and begone this instant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not worthy to kiss any higher than thy hand,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing, said she, with a sigh:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No fear of that, said he."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "However, I have taken a resolve not to go to-day. If I go tomorrow, I shall be just in time; and Dick wants a good day's rest."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sweetheart, I shall go to bed: for, I see, if I stay longer, I shall lead thee into a debauch. Be good now: drink no more when I am gone. Else I'll say thou lovest thy bottle more than thy wife."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Packhorse."
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is she?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hark to the poor soul! said a gossip."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dame Vint, where's thy daughter? gone out a-walking belike?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll bring you to her, said Mrs. Vint;"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You look wan, my poor lass, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nought ails me now thou art come,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor I to thee, said Mercy, with a heavenly smile."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here's _my_ treasure for thee!"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now God he praised for both, said he, passionately;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He, thinking of her virtues, and the blow he had come to strike her, he broke down, and was almost choked with emotion; whereupon Mrs. Vint exerted female authority, and bundled him out of the room."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that the way to carry on at such a time? said she."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor soul; a little while and this picture will be all that shall be left to thee of me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Packhorse,"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What have I to do with it? said she."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No matter, said Griffith;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I choose to have it so."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your will is my law,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Besides, said Griffith,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And that is true, said Mercy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now who had thought of that, but my good man?"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Packhorse."
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A traveller! said Mercy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Heaven forbid! If you knew how I wearied for you when you went to Cumberland."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To Cumberland! How know you I went thither?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I but guessed that; but now I know it, by your face. But go where thou wilt, the house is dull directly. Thou art our sunshine. Isn't he, my poppet?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, well; if it kept me too long from thee, I could give it up. But, child, we must think of young master. You could manage the inn, and your mother the farm, without me; and I should be earning money on my side. I want to make a gentleman of him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Anything for him, said Mercy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But I've a week to think of it, said he,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Halloo! said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here's your health, said the pedlar."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must drink with me, you must."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And welcome,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said the pedlar,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do travel five counties; but for all that you are the first namesake I have found. I am Thomas Leicester, too, as sure as you are a living sinner."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then no namesake of mine are you; for they call me Harry Vint. Thomas Leicester, he that keeps this inn now, is my son-in-law: he is gone to Lancaster this morning."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come again to-morrow, said Harry Vint, ironically."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dame, he cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where do you come from, young man?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I came from Kendal last; but I am Cumberland born."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, that is where t'other comes from,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Like enow,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, mother?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He comes from Cumberland."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, to be sure, names do run in counties."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is true; but, seems to me, he favors your man: much of a height, and--There, do just step into the kitchen a moment."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "La, mother, said Mercy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't desire to see any more Thomas Leicesters than my own: 'tis the man, not the name. Isn't it, my lamb?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, Mercy, said she,"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know my husband?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't tell no lies, said Mrs. Vint."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You do know him well."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I know him, whose picture hangs there, of course,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, and that is her husband."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, that is her husband, is it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, he is my husband, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So they say."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Any way, said the pedlar,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And he showed a long black mole on his forehead. Mercy was now as curious as she had been indifferent."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me all about him, said she:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, because my mother was a gipsy, and his a gentlewoman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What brought him to these parts?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Trouble, they say."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What trouble?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, I know not."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you have heard say."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I am always on the foot, and don't bide long enough in one place to learn all the gossip. But I do remember hearing he was gone to sea: and that was a lie, for he had settled here, and married you. I'fackins, he might have done worse. He has got a bonny buxom wife, and a rare fine boy, to be sure."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And, Paul, said she,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You seem a decent lad, said the pedlar,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, it is easy enow, said the pedlar,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, ay, lad, said the pedlar,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right,"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I LOVE KATE."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thou naughty woman, said she."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! jealous of the dead?"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One was here to-day that knows thee, and brought thee this."
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What? what? what d'ye mean? In Heaven's name, what is this? How? Who?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God knows, said she,"
}
] |
57685
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That shall she never,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have your secrets, said she:"
}
] |
57685
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|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have deceived me, said she."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Kate is alive. This very morning, between sleeping and waking, you whispered her name; ay, false man, whispered it like a lover. You told me she was dead. But she is alive; and has sent you a reminder, and the bare sight of it hath turned your heart her way again. What shall I do? Why did you marry me, if you could not forget her? I did not want you to desert any woman for me. The desire of my heart was always for your happiness. But oh, Thomas, deceit and falsehood will not bring you happiness, no more than they will me. What shall I do? what shall I do?"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not thou afflict thyself, he muttered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course, with you putting that bullet in my hand so sudden, it set my fancy a wandering back to other days."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! said Mercy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My namesake!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, he that brought thee that love-token; Thomas Leicester. Nay, for very shame, feign not ignorance of him; why, he hath thy very mole on his temple, and knew thy picture in a moment. He is thy half-brother, is he not?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am a ruined man,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God help me, what is all this? cried Mercy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Thomas, Thomas, I could forgive thee ought but deceit: for both our sakes speak out, and tell me the worst; no harm shall come near thee while I live."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How can I tell thee? I am an unfortunate man. The world will call me a villain; yet I am not a villain at heart. But who will believe me? I have broken the law. Thee I could trust, but not thy folk; they never loved me. Mercy, for pity's sake, when was that Thomas Leicester here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Four days ago."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Which way went he?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hear he told Paul he was going to Cumberland."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If he gets there before me, I shall rot in gaol."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now Heaven forbid! Oh, Thomas, then mount and ride after him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will, and this very moment."
}
] |
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