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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I may as well inquire for any letters or cables that are waiting for me,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why did they send him out? he muttered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sensitive, and with a conscience: not the sort of man to care to do dirty work; but perhaps Grayleigh was right. If I am not much mistaken, he will do it all the same."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall make my own pile out of this,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here we are, said Rycroft,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He pointed to the bed of the creek."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here is our overseer's hut, and he has engaged men for our purpose. This is our hut, Ogilvie. I hope you don't mind sharing it with me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not in the least, replied Ogilvie."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We shall not begin operations until the morning, shall we? I should like to walk up the creek."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Time enough for repentance in another world, he muttered under his breath."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All I have to do at present is to stifle thought. It ought not to be difficult to go forward, he muttered, with a bitter smile,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "But the child--the child!"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nevertheless, I believe he will, was Rycroft's final comment;"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is nothing more to be done, Mr. Ogilvie, said Rycroft, as the two men sat over their supper together."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For six months the alluvial will yield about six ounces to the ton. After that"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "After that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You mean that we must see this butchery of the innocents through,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I see no help for it, replied Rycroft."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will start back to Brisbane to-morrow, and when we get there draw up the report; I had better attend to that part of the business, of course under your superintendence. We must both sign it. But first had we not better cable to Grayleigh? He must have expected to hear from us before now. He can lay our cable before the directors, and then things can be put in train; the report can follow by the first mail."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall take the report back with me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Better not, answered his companion,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us pack our traps,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The sooner we get out of this the better."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I suffer as I have done lately from this troublesome heart of mine I shall have gone to my account before six months, thought the man;"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall take the next mail home,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sign first,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I shall go to-morrow morning, continued Ogilvie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The _Sahara_ sails to-morrow at noon?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe so; but sign, won't you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall take a berth on board at once,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, old chap, but sign first."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is wrong, asked Rycroft;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I suffer from this sort of thing now and then, replied Ogilvie, bringing out his words in short gasps."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brandy, please."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You look ghastly, he said;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now sign,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where is the pen?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now our work is done, cried Rycroft,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This will set matters right, said Ogilvie."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Put it in an envelope. If I sail to-morrow, I may as well take it myself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Her Majesty's mail would be best, answered Rycroft."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can see Grayleigh almost as soon as he gets the report. Remember, I am responsible for it as well as you, and it would be best for it to go in the ordinary way."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come in,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For Mr. Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "From Grayleigh, of course, said Rycroft,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sibyl has had bad fall from pony. Case hopeless. Come home at once."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So Sibyl, whoever Sibyl may be, is at the bottom of Ogilvie's fall, thought Rycroft."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Poor chap! he has got a fearful shock. Best make all safe. I must see things through."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "No answer to the cable, but take this at once to the post-office and register it, he said;"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Looks like death,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Still living,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What has happened? he said, looking round him in a dazed way."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I remember, I had a message from London."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, old fellow, don't speak for a moment."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must get back at once; the child----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, you shall go in the _Sahara_ to-morrow."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the document, said Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't trouble about it now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You don't understand. I did it because--because of one who will not need it. I want it back."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Too late, said Rycroft, then."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That document is already in the post. Come, you must pull yourself together for the sake of Sibyl, whoever she is."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am quite cosy there, she said to herself,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want nothing on earth but father, the touch of father's hand and the look in his face,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Winstead, she said on one of these occasions,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I go in my own special big ship every night across the sea to father. I sleep in father's heart every night, that's why I don't disturb you, and why the hours seem so short."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Something may detain him; at any rate the suspense will be bad for her,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Doctors are so often mistaken, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't believe for a single instant that the dear little thing will not be quite as well as ever in a short time. I should not be the least surprised if she were able to walk by the time Philip comes back. I do sincerely hope such will be the case, for Philip makes such a ridiculous fuss about her, and will go through all the apprehension and misery which nearly wrecked my mother's heart. He will believe everything those doctors have said of the child."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I won't have the curse of the poor, I did my best,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, you did your best, dearie,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The blessing of the poor rests on you, dear little Miss, he said then,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I like old Scott, he's a very religious man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That he is, darling,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seems to me I'm getting religious too, continued Sibyl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's 'cos of Lord Jesus, I 'spect. He is kind to me, is Lord Jesus. He takes me to father every night."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The bazaar will amuse the child, besides doing a great deal of good to others,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It will be doing such a good work, said Mrs. Ogilvie to herself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall be not only entertaining my friends and amusing dear little Sibyl, but I shall be collecting money for an excellent charity."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Mummy, said Sibyl. She smiled and said faintly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come and kiss me, Mummy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My little white rose, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, color don't matter, replied Sibyl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm just as happy without it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you are quite out of pain, my little darling?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Mummy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you like lying here in your pretty window?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, mother darling."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are not weary of lying so still?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is funny, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I never thought I could lie so very still. I used to get a fidgety sort of pain all down me if I stayed still more than a minute at a time, but now I don't want to walk. My legs are too heavy. I feel heavy all down my legs and up to the middle of my back, but that is all. See, Mummy, how nicely I can move my hands. Nursie is going to give me some dolls to dress."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a splendid idea, Sib! said Mrs. Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you going to have it after all? cried Sibyl, her eyes brightening."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are the big-wigs coming?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, pet, and you shall help me. You shall dress pretty little dolls which the big-wigs shall buy--Lord Grayleigh and the rest."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I like Lord Grayleigh, replied Sibyl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am glad you are going to have the bazaar, Mummy."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear little girl, said Mrs. Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am so glad you like the idea. Perhaps by the day of the bazaar you will be well enough to come downstairs and even to walk a little."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do have the bazaar and let all the big-wigs come. I can watch them from my bed. I can look out of the window and see everything--it will be fun."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Miss Winstead, she said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have just been sitting with the child. She seems much better."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you think so?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do. Why do you stare at me in that disapproving manner? You really are all most unnatural. Who should know of the health of her child if her own mother does not? The little darling is recovering fast--I have just been having a most interesting talk with her. She would like me to have the bazaar."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The bazaar! echoed Miss Winstead."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Surely you don't mean to have it here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, here. The child is greatly interested. She would like me to have it, and I am going to send out invitations at once. It will be held on the 24th and 25th of the month."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would not, if I were you, said Miss Winstead slowly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You know what the doctors have said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't believe a single word of what they say, she retorted with some passion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The child looks better every day. What the dear little thing wants is rousing. The bazaar will do her no end of good. Mark my words, Miss Winstead, we shall have Sibyl on her feet again by the 24th."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You forget, said Miss Winstead slowly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know quite well that my husband will return about then, but I don't understand what you mean by saying that he will not be prepared. There will be nothing but joyful tidings to give him. The child nearly herself and the bazaar at its height. Delightful! Now pray, my good creature, don't croak any more; I must rush up to town this afternoon--there is a great deal to see about."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "From the tone of Ogilvie's cablegram the mine must be all that we desire, the ore rich, the veins good, the extent of the wealth unlimited. It will be nice, Lord Grayleigh reflected,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have not, I hope, forgotten your promise to be, as Sibyl said, one of the big-wigs at my bazaar."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I _had_ forgotten it, muttered Grayleigh to himself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That woman is, in my opinion, a poor, vain, frivolous creature. Why did she hamper Ogilvie with that place in his absence? Now, forsooth, she must play at charity. When that sort of woman does that sort of thing she is contemptible."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "P.S.--By the way, have you heard that our dear little Sibyl has met with rather a nasty accident? She fell off that pony you gave her. I must be frank, Lord Grayleigh, and say that I never did approve of the child's riding, particularly in her father's absence. She had a very bad tumble, and hurt her back, and has since been confined to her couch. I have had the best advice, and the doctors have been very silly and gloomy in their reports. Now, for my part, I have not the slightest faith in doctors, they are just as often proved wrong as right. The child is getting much better, but she is still, of course, confined to her bed. She would send you her love if she knew I was writing."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am going to town by the next train; have the trap round,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where are you going, father? called out Freda."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You promised you would take us for a long, long drive this afternoon. Oh, this is disappointing. Are you coming back at all to-night?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't think so, Freda. By the way, have you heard that your little friend Sibyl has met with an accident?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Has she? replied Freda."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am very sorry. I like Sibyl very much."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So do I! said Gus, coming up,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know; I am going to see. I am afraid it has something to do with the pony I gave her. Well, good-by, youngsters; if I don't return by the last train to-night, I'll be back early to-morrow, and we can have our drive then."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "How good of you, how more than good of you, she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is just what I might have expected from you, Lord Grayleigh. You received my letter and you have come to answer it in person."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have come, as you say, to answer it in person. How is Sibyl?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, better. I mean she is about the same, but she really is going on very nicely. She does not suffer the slightest pain, and----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can I see her?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course you can. I will take you to her. Dear little thing, she will be quite delighted, you are a prime favorite of hers. But first, what about the bazaar? Ah, naughty man! you need not think you are going to get out of it, for you are, as Sibyl says, one of the big-wigs. We cannot do without big-wigs at our bazaar."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Mrs. Ogilvie, I will come if I can. I cannot distinctly promise at the present moment, for I may possibly have to go to Scotland; but the chances are that I shall be at Grayleigh Manor, and if so I can come."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "One of the big-wigs, Sibyl, come to see you,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rest assured that I will come."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am sorry to see you like this, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What has happened to you, my little girl?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, nothing much, answered Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I just had a fall, but I am quite all right now and I am awfully happy. Did you really come to see me? It is good of you. May I talk to Lord Grayleigh all by myself, mother darling?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, dear. Lord Grayleigh, you cannot imagine how we spoil this little woman now that she is lying on her back. I suppose it is because she is so good and patient. She never murmurs, and she enjoys herself vastly. Is not this a pretty room?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Beautiful,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will come back again, presently, said Mrs. Ogilvie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By the way, Sib darling, Lord Grayleigh is coming to our bazaar, the bazaar for which you are dressing dolls."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nursie is dressing them, replied Sibyl in a weak voice--the mother did not notice how weak it was, but Lord Grayleigh did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It somehow tires me to work. I 'spect I'm not very strong, but I'll be better perhaps to-morrow. Nursie is dressing them, and they are quite beautiful."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'll come back soon; you mustn't tire her, Lord Grayleigh, and you and I have a great deal to talk over when you do come downstairs."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must return to town by the next train,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lord Grayleigh has come, she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is quite devoted to Sibyl; he is sitting with her for a few minutes; the child worships him. Afterward he and I must have a rather business-like conversation."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then we will go, dear Mrs. Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you, dear friends; I hope you don't think I am sending you away, but it is always my custom to speak plainly. Lord Grayleigh will be our principal patron at the bazaar, and naturally I have much to consult him about. I will drive over to-morrow to see you, Mrs. Le Strange, and we can discuss still further the sort of stall you will have."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am so glad you have come, said the little girl;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I had a cablegram from him not long ago."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The same as a telegram; a cablegram is a message that comes across the sea."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I understand,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What are you thinking about?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, about father, of course. When he sent you that message did he tell you there was much gold in the mine?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear child, said Lord Grayleigh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know all about it, answered Sybil."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am deeply interested, deeply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, my dear little girl, to judge from your father's message, the mine is full of gold, quite full."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Up to the tip top?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, you can express it in that way if you like, up to the tip top and down, nobody knows how deep, full of beautiful yellow gold, but don't let us talk of these things any more. Tell me how you really fell, and what that naughty pony did to you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must not scold my darling nameless pony, it was not his fault a bit,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you greatly mind if I _don't_ talk about it? she asked in a voice of sweet apology."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It makes me feel----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How, dear?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't know, only I get the up and down and round and round feel. It was the feel I had when pony sprang; he seemed to spring into the air, and I fell and fell and fell. I don't like to get the feel back, it is so very round and round, you know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We won't talk of it, said Lord Grayleigh;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me more about father and the mine full of gold."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have only just had the one cablegram, Sib, in which he merely stated that the news with regard to the mine was good."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am delighted, said Sibyl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's awfully good of Lord Jesus. Do you know that I have been asking Lord Jesus to pile up the gold in the mine. He can do anything, you know, and He has done it, you see. Isn't it sweet and dear of Him? Oh, you don't know all He has done for me! Don't you love Him very much indeed, Lord Grayleigh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who, Sibyl?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My Lord Jesus Christ, my beautiful Lord Jesus Christ."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, she continued, after a pause,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr. and Mrs. Holman, said Lord Grayleigh;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are my very own most special friends. They keep a toy-shop in Greek Street, a back street near our house. Mrs. Holman is going to buy a lot of gold out of the mine. I'll send her a letter to tell her that she can buy it quick. You'll be sure to keep some of the gold for Mrs. Holman, she is a dear old woman. You'll be quite sure to remember her?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Quite sure, Sibyl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hadn't you better make a note of it? Father always makes notes when he wants to remember things. Have you got a note-book?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In my pocket."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Please take it out and put down about Mrs. Holman and the gold out of the mine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you wish me to say?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Put it this way, said Sibyl eagerly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lombard Deeps Mine,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Some of the gold in the Lombard Deeps Mine, repeated Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just exactly as you have worded it, Sibyl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Her address is number ten, Greek Street, Pimlico."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is nice, she said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am glad you're pleased about the Holmans, little woman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course I am, and aren't you. Don't you like to make people happy?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you any other notes for this book?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course I have. There's the one who wants to marry the other one. I'm under a vow not to mention names, but they want to marry _so_ badly, and they will in double quick time if there's gold in the mine. Will you put in your note-book 'Gold to be kept for the one who wants to marry the other,' will you, Lord Grayleigh?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have entered it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And mother, of course, continued Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am afraid, Sibyl, I do not know who Watson is."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't you? How funny; he is our footman. I'm awfully fond of him. He is full of the best impulses, is Watson, and he is engaged to a very nice girl in the cookery line. Don't you think it's very sensible of Watson to engage himself to a girl in the cookery line?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think it is thoroughly sensible, but now I must really go."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you won't forget all the messages? You have put them all down in your note-book. You won't forget any of the people who want gold out of the Lombard Deeps?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I'll be certain to remember every single one of them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then that's all right, and you'll come to darling mother's bazaar?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll come."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am so glad. You do make me happy. I like big-wigs awfully."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't like the child's look, he wrote;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have not the least idea what the doctors have said of her, but when I spoke on the subject to her mother, she shirked it. There is not the least doubt that Mrs. Ogilvie can never see a quarter of an inch beyond her own selfish fancies. It strikes me very forcibly that the child is in a precarious state. I can never forgive myself, for she met with the accident on the pony I gave her. She likes you; go to her if you can."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you cannot come to the bazaar, she wrote to Lady Helen,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Such a lot of big-wigs are coming to-morrow, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course I will, Sibyl. The fact is I have come on purpose to see you. I should not have come to the bazaar but for you. Lord Grayleigh wrote to me and said you were not well, and he thought you loved me, little Sib, and that it would cheer you up to see me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, you are sweet, answered the child,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I am interested in the bazaar,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is so inciting all about it, continued the little girl,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must not talk too much and tire yourself, she said;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stories?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I will tell you stories."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you; I do love 'em. Did you ever tell them to Mr. Rochester?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have not seen him lately."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll be married to him soon, I know you will."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We need not talk about that now, need we? I want to do something to amuse you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's odd how weak my voice has grown, said Sibyl, with a laugh."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mother says I am getting better, and perhaps I am, only somehow I do feel weak. Do you know, mother wanted me to dress dolls for her, but I couldn't. Nursie did 'em. There's one big beautiful doll with wings; Nurse made the wings, but she can't put them on right; will you put them on proper, Lady Helen?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should like to, replied Lady Helen;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have a natural aptitude for dressing dolls."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The big doll with the wings is in that box over there. Take it out and sit down by the sofa so that I can see you, and put the wings on properly. There's plenty of white gauze and wire. I want you to make the doll as like an angel as you can."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It rests me to have you in the room, said the child,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is that, Sibyl?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She calls it the Chamber of Peace--isn't it sweet of her?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The name is a beautiful one, and so is the room,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do wish Mr. Rochester was here,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He will come to the bazaar, dear."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And then, perhaps, I'll see him. I want to see him soon, I have something I'd like to say."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, darling?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Something to you and to him. I want you both to be happy. I'm tremendous anxious that you should both be happy, and I think--I wouldn't like to say it to mother, for perhaps it will hurt her, but I do fancy that, perhaps, I'm going to have wings, too, not like dolly's, but real ones, and if I have them I might----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, darling?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fly away to my beautiful Lord Jesus. You don't know how I want to be close to Him. I used to think that if I got into father's heart I should be quite satisfied, but even that, even that is not like being in the heart of Jesus. If my wings come I must go, Lady Helen. It will be lovely to fly up, won't it, for perhaps some day I might get tired of lying always flat on my back. Mother doesn't know, darling mother doesn't guess, and I wouldn't tell her for all the wide world, for she thinks I'm going to get quite well again, but one night, when she thought I was asleep, I heard Nursie say to Miss Winstead, 'Poor lamb, she'll soon want to run about again, but she never can, never.' I shouldn't like to be always lying down flat, should you, Lady Helen?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, darling, I don't think I should."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, there it is, you see, you wouldn't like it either. Of course I want to see father again, but whatever happens he'll understand. Only if my wings come I must fly off, and I want everyone to be happy before I go."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "So you must marry Mr. Rochester, she continued,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is quite true,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Lombard Deeps Mine is full to the brim with gold, she said, in an excited voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know--Lord Grayleigh told me. He has it all wrote down in his pocket-book, and you and Mr. Rochester are to have your share. When you are both very, very happy you'll think of me, won't you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can never forget you, my dear little girl. Kiss me, now--see! the angel doll is finished."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, isn't it lovely? said the child, her attention immediately distracted by this new interest."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do take it down to mother. She's dressing the stall where the dolls are to be sold; ask her to put the angel doll at the head of all the other dolls. Take it to mother now. I can watch from my window--do go at once."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sibyl sent you this,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, lay it down anywhere, please,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Please, Mrs. Ogilvie, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must take a great interest in this doll, she continued."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Little Sibyl thinks so much of it. Forgive me, Mrs. Ogilvie, I----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, what is it now, said Mrs. Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cannot help thinking much of Sibyl, continued Lady Helen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You think what? Oh, please don't begin to be gloomy now. You have only seen Sibyl for the first time since her accident. She is very much better than she was at first. You cannot expect her to look quite well all of a sudden."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But have you had the very best advice for her?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should rather think so. We had Sir Henry Powell down twice. Everything has been done that could be done. It is merely a question of time and rest. Time and rest will effect a perfect cure; at least, that is my opinion."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But what is Sir Henry Powell's opinion?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't ask me. I don't believe in doctors. The child is getting better, I see it with my own eyes. It is merely a question of time."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sibyl is getting well, but not in the way you think,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never knew anyone so gloomy, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, at least take the doll--the child is looking at you, said Lady Helen."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kiss your hand to her; look pleased even if you are not interested, and give me a promise, that I may take to her, that the angel doll shall stand at the head of the doll stall. The child wishes it; do not deny her wishes now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, take her any message you like, only leave me, please, for the present. Ah, there she is, little darling."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "He will look very nice when he is dressed in his, best, she said to herself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will complete my success in the county if I have him standing by my side at the door of the marquee to receive our distinguished guests."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Men of that sort often think much more of their wives when they are parted from them, she remembered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have read stories to that effect. I dare say Philip is as much in love with me as he ever was. He used to be devoted to me when first we were married. There was nothing good enough for me then. Perhaps he has brought me back some jewels of greater value than I possess; I will gladly wear them for his sake."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "As he has not come in time to receive our guests, if I knew where to telegraph, I would wire to him not to come now until the evening,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know the place, I presume?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Silverbel, sir, certainly sir; it is there they are having the big bazaar."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go as fast as you can,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A rum visitor, he thought;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, sir, replied the driver,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then Sibyl must have got well again,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Phil!"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, Phil! she said again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, you naughty man, so you have come back. But why didn't you send me a telegram?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had not time, Mildred; I thought my own presence was best. How is the child?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, much the same--I mean she is going on quite, _quite_ nicely."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what is this?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is all this?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear Phil, my dear unpractical husband, this is a bazaar! Have you never heard of a bazaar before? A bazaar for the Cottage Hospital at Watleigh, the Home for Incurables; such a useful charity, Phil, and so much needed. The poor things are wanting funds dreadfully; they have got into debt, and something must be done to relieve them Think of all the dear little children in those wards, Phil; the Sisters have been obliged to refuse several cases lately. It is most pathetic, isn't it? Oh, by the way, Lord Grayleigh is here; you will be glad to see him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Presently, not now. How did you say Sibyl was?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I told you a moment ago. You can go and see her when you have changed your things. I wish you would go away at once to your room and get into some other clothes. There are no end of people you ought to meet. How strange you look, Phil."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want to know more of Sibyl. Here the husband caught the wife's dainty wrist and drew her a little aside."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No matter about other things at present, he said sternly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How is Sibyl? Remember, I have heard no particulars; I have heard nothing since I got your cable. How is she? Is there much the matter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I really don't think there is, but perhaps Lady Helen will tell you. Shall I send her to you? I really am so busy just now. You know I am selling, myself, at the principal stall. Oh, do go into the house, you naughty dear; do go to your own room and change your things! I expected you early this morning, and Watson has put out some of your wardrobe. Watson will attend on you if you will ring for him. You will find there is a special dressing room for you on the first floor. Go, dear, do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't look at me like that, you quite frighten me. The child, she is in her room; she is going on nicely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But is she injured? Can she walk?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What could you expect? She cannot walk yet, but she is getting better gradually--at least, I think so."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What you think is nothing, less than nothing. What do the doctors say?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will see the child in a minute, he said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Really, Phil, you are too cruel. After these weeks of anxiety, which only a mother can understand, you speak to me in that tone, just as if the dear little creature were nothing to me at all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can cry, Mildred, as much as you please, and you can talk all the sentimental stuff that best appeals to you, but answer my question now. What do the doctors say, and what doctors has she seen?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The local doctor here, our own special doctor in town, and the great specialist, Sir Henry Powell."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good God, that man! said Ogilvie, starting back."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then she must have been badly hurt?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She was badly hurt."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, what did the doctors say? Give me their verdict. I insist upon knowing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They--they--of course, they are wrong, Phil. You are hurting me; I wish you would not hold my hands so tightly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Speak!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They said at the time--of course they were mistaken, doctors often are. You cannot imagine how many diagnoses of theirs have been proved to be wrong. Yes, I learned that queer word; I did not understand it at first. Now I know all about it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Speak!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, they said at the time that--oh, Phil, you kill me when you look at me like that! They said the case was----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hopeless?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They certainly _said_ it. But, Phil; oh, Phil, dear, they are wrong!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You knew it, and you could have that going on? he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go back to your bazaar."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I certainly will. I think you are terribly unkind."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can have those people here, and that band playing, when you know _that_? Well, if such scenes give you pleasure at such a time, go and enjoy them."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am a martyr in a good cause, she said to herself;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "This cuts him to the heart, he said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I doubt if he will ever be the same man again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Lord Grayleigh, what nonsense! said the wife."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear husband was always eccentric, but as Sibyl recovers so will he recover his equanimity. It is a great shock to him, of course, to see her as she is now, dear little soul. But I cannot tell you how bad I was at first; indeed, I was in bed for nearly a week. I had a sort of nervous attack--nervous fever, the doctor said. But I got over it. I know now so assuredly that the darling child is getting well that I am never unhappy about her. Philip will be just the same by-and-by."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! my ownest darling mother, how sweet you look! said little Sibyl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come and kiss me, darling mother."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't tire her, said Ogilvie;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you think that I, a mother, do not understand my own child."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Winstead, said Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall soon be back, my little love,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Isn't it wonderful, she said, turning to her governess,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should think you did, replied Miss Winstead."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shall I go on reading you the new fairy tale, Sibyl?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not to-day, thank you, Miss Winstead,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then what shall I read?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't think anything, just now. Father has been reading the most beautiful inciting things about a saint called John, who wrote a story about the New Jerusalem. Did you ever read it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean a story out of the Bible, from the Book of Revelation?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perhaps so; I don't quite know what part of the Bible. Oh, it's most wonderful inciting, and father reads so splendid. It's about what happens to people when their wings are grown long. Did you never read about it, Miss Winstead? The New Jerusalem _is_ so lovely, with streets paved with gold, same as the gold in the gold mine, you know, and gates all made of big pearls, each gate one big whole pearl. I won't ask you to read about it, 'cos I like father's way of reading best; but it's all most wonderful and beautiful."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Mildred, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wish to understand--God knows I am the last person who ought to reproach you--but I must clearly understand what this means."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What it means? she repeated."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why do you speak in that tone? Oh, it's very fine to say you do not mean to reproach me, but your eyes and the tone of your voice reproach me. You have been very cruel to me, Philip, these last two days. What I have suffered, God only knows. I have gone through the most fearful strain; I, alone, unaided by you, have had to keep the bazaar going, to entertain our distinguished guests, to be here, there, and everywhere, but, thank goodness, we did collect a nice little sum for the Home for Incurables. I wonder, Philip, when you think of your own dear little daughter, and what she may----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hush!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I refuse to allow Sibyl's name to enter into this matter, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You did what you did, God knows with what motive. I don't care, and I do not mean to inquire. The question I have now to ask is, what is the meaning of _this_?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Silverbel! she cried;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I received the other cablegram, and, as you say, I rushed home. But why are you here? Have you taken the house for the season, or what?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, we have bought Silverbel, she cried;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rich!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mildred, he said slowly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nonsense,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The child is dying, repeated Ogilvie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Restitution, he replied;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You--you terrify me, said Mrs. Ogilvie;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Listen, and I will explain. You knew, Mildred--oh, yes, you knew it well enough--that I went to Australia on no honorable mission. You did not care to inquire, you hid yourself behind a veil of pretended ignorance; but you _knew_--yes, you did, and you dare not deny it--that I went to Queensland to commit a crime. It would implicate others if I were to explain things more fully. I will not implicate others, I will stand alone now, in this bitter moment when the fruit of my sin is brought home to me. I will bear the responsibility of my own sin. I will not drag anybody else down in my fall, but it is sufficient for you to know, Mildred, that the Lombard Deeps Mine as a speculation is worthless."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Worthless! she cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Worthless,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then why, why did you send a cablegram to say the mine was full of gold? Lord Grayleigh told me he had received such a message from you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I told a dastardly lie, which I am about to put straight."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, but, she began, her lips white, her eyes shining,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It could, and the directors could reap a fortune by means of it. Do you understand, Mildred, what that implies?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do I understand? she replied."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, I was always a poor little woman who had no head for figures."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nevertheless you will, I think, take it in when I explain. You are not quite so stupid as you make yourself out. The directors and I could make a fortune--it would be easy, for there is enough gold in the mine to last for at least six months, and the public are credulous, and can be taken in. We should make our fortunes out of the widows and orphans, out of the savings of the poor clerks, and from the clergyman's tiny stipend. We could sweep in their little earnings, and aggrandize our own wealth and importance, and _lose our souls_. Yes, Mildred, we could, but we won't. I shall prevent that. I have a task before me which will save this foulest crime from being committed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What you say can't be true, Phil. Oh, Phil, darling, do have mercy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't do anything so mad, so rash. You always had such a queer, troublesome sort of conscience. Phil, I cannot stand poverty, I cannot stand being dragged down; I must have this place; I have set my heart on it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it worth evil?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is anything under the sun worth evil?"
}
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"from": "human",
"value": "I must go to town, I shall be away for as short a time as possible. As soon as I come back I will come to you, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Look after her, please, Miss Winstead. If you cannot remain in the room, send nurse. Now, don't tire yourself, my little love. Remember that father will be back very soon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't hurry, father darling, replied Sibyl"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One moment, Phil, she called,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To town."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To do what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To do what I said,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I beg your pardon, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What can I do for you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you please, sir, you are Mr. Ogilvie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is my name."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We know you, continued the old woman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "May I inquire your names?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Holman, sir, said the woman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is my husband, sir. We heard only yesterday of dear little Missie's illness, and we couldn't rest until we came to enquire after her. We greatly 'opes, sir, that the dear little lamb is better. We thought you wouldn't mind if we asked."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By no means, answered Ogilvie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Any friends of Sibyl's, any real friends, are of interest to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's better, ain't she, dear lamb?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do it mean, John? she asked,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We had best go to the house and find out,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, we had best, replied Mrs. Holman;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come to the house and let's find out,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Winstead!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is it, dear?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Miss Winstead, they have come."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who have come, dear?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Holmans, the darlings! I saw them walking down the avenue. Oh, I should so like to see them. Will you go down and bring them up? Please do."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the doctor said you were to be quiet, and not excite yourself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does it matter whether I incite myself or not? Please, please let me see the Holmans."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, dear,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, my good people, said Mrs. Ogilvie's voice, raised high and clear,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you please, Mrs. Ogilvie, here interrupted Miss Winstead, coming forward."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sibyl noticed Mr. and Mrs. Holman as they walked down the avenue, and is very much pleased and delighted at their coming to see her, and wants to know if they may come up at once and have a talk with her?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear me! cried Mrs. Ogilvie;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I really must give the child another bedroom, this sort of thing is so bad for her. It is small wonder the darling does not get back her health--the dreadful way in which she is over-excited and injudiciously treated. Really, my good folks, I wish you would go back to town and not make mischief."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But if the little lady wishes?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sibyl certainly does wish to see you, said Miss Winstead in a grave voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think, Mrs. Ogilvie, she added,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "continued Miss Winstead,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, yes, we'll speak cheerfully, said Holman;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, said Mrs. Ogilvie, waving her hand,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My opinion is never taken in this house, nor my wishes consulted. I pass the responsibility on to you, Miss Winstead. When the child's father returns and finds that you have acted as you have done you will have to answer to him. I wash my hands of the matter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The day is improving, she thought. She glanced up at the sky."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It certainly is miserable at home, and every one talks nonsense about Sibyl. I shall really take a drive and go and see the Le Stranges. I cannot stand the gloom of the house. The dear child is getting better fast, there is not the least doubt of it, and why Phil should talk as he does, and in particular why he should speak as if we were paupers, is past bearing. Lose Silverbel! I certainly will not submit to that."
}
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"from": "human",
"value": "You must be prepared for a very great change, said Miss Winstead,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Eh, my little love, and how are you, dearie? said Mrs. Holman. She went forward, dropped on her knees by the bed, and took one of Sibyl's soft white hands."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Eh, dearie, and what can Mrs. Holman do for you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you do, Mrs. Holman? said Sibyl, in her weak, but perfectly clear voice;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Eh! but you look sweet,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is nice to look at you, dearie, she repeated,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Everything is beautiful, said little Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To be sure, darling, and so do Holman and I love you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whisper, said Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, darling, but we won't talk of money now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Only, said Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must not talk any more, dearie, said Mrs. Holman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's all right about the gold and everything else. All we want is for you to get well."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am getting well,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You know, she said, as Mrs. Holman rose and took her hand before she went away,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We will never forget you, dearie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come, Holman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I might, said old Holman, straightening himself and looking very solemn,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, indeed, you may,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Blessed darling, her wings are very near, I'm thinking,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Queer woman, the mother, said Holman."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll get back to town, wife; I'm wonderful upset."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll never sell no more of the dusty toys to no other little children,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is a question of time; but the end may come at any moment. There never was any hope from the beginning. From the first it was a matter of days and weeks, I did not know when I first saw your little daughter that she could live even as long as she has done, but the injury to the spine was low down, which doubtless accounts for this fact."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wire immediately the next meeting of the directors of the Lombard Deeps."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear fellow, you don't look the better for your trip; I am sorry to see you so broken down."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have a good deal to try me, said Ogilvie;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of her accident? exclaimed Acland;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She had."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take a chair, won't you, Ogilvie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I judged from Mrs. Ogilvie's note that there was nothing serious the matter. I hope I am not mistaken."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are mistaken, replied Ogilvie;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leave us, said Acland to the man,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "he added as the clerk withdrew,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am quite at your service."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you. There is a little business which has just come to my ears, and which I wish to arrange quickly. My wife tells me that she has borrowed two thousand pounds from you in order to pay a deposit on the place on the Thames called Silverbel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, the place where your wife is now staying."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Exactly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope you approve of Silverbel, Ogilvie; it is really cheap at the price; and, of course, everyone knows that you have returned a very rich man. It would have been pleasanter for me had you been at home when the purchase was made, but Mrs. Ogilvie was insistent. She had taken a strong fancy to the place. There were several other less expensive country places in the market, but the only one which would please her was Silverbel. I cabled to you, but got no reply. Your wife implored me to act, and I lent her the deposit. The purchase must be completed at the end of October, in about a month from now. I hope you don't blame me, Ogilvie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't blame you--I understand my wife. It would have been difficult to refuse her. Of course, had you done so matters might have been a little easier for me now. As it is, I will pay you back the deposit. I have my cheque-book with me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should like to write a cheque for you now. I must get this matter put straight, and, Acland, you must find another purchaser."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not really! cried Mr. Acland."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The place is beautiful, and cheap at the price, and you have come back a rich man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the contrary, I have returned to England practically a pauper."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No! cried Mr. Acland;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hush, you will know all soon. It is sufficient for you at present to receive the news in all confidence that I am a ruined man. Not that it matters. There will be a trifle for my wife--nothing else concerns me. May I fill in this cheque?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can do so, of course, replied Acland."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall receive the money in full sooner or later from the other purchaser, and then you can have it back."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It would be a satisfaction to me, however, to pay you the deposit you lent my wife at once."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You had better see Mrs. Ogilvie with regard to this, he said, as he stood up."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You transacted the business with her, and you must break to her what I have already done, but what I fear she fails to believe, that the purchase cannot possibly go on. It will not be in my power, Acland, to complete it, even if I should be alive at the time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know another man only too anxious to purchase, said Acland;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, quite a failure. I won't detain you any longer now. I may need your services again presently."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am the master, said Ogilvie;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Has a telegram come for me?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir, five minutes ago."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Meeting of directors at one o'clock to-morrow, at Cannon Street Hotel. Not necessary for you to be present unless you wish. GRAYLEIGH."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall sleep here to-night, Ogilvie said,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had an interview with you just before I went to Queensland, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A large sum, Ogilvie--ten thousand pounds."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, ten thousand pounds, repeated Ogilvie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I want to withdraw the money."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is a considerable sum to withdraw at once, but as it is not on deposit you can have it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought it only fair to give you a few hours' notice. I shall call for it to-morrow about ten o'clock."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you wish to take it in a cheque?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think not, I should prefer notes."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "By no other road can I clasp her hand in the Eternity which lies beyond this present life, he thought."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I deserve the pain and the shame, I deserve all. There are times when a man comes face to face with God. It is fearful when his God is angry with him. My God is angry--the pains of hell take hold of me."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gentlemen, he began,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This I can frankly say is largely due to our having secured the services of Mr. Philip Ogilvie as our assayer, but I regret to have to tell you all that, although he has returned to England, he is not likely to be present to-day. A very serious domestic calamity which ought to claim your deepest sympathy is the cause of his absence, but his report in detail I shall now have the pleasure of submitting to you."
}
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"value": "This report, he said in conclusion,"
}
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"value": "Don't open it now, he said in a low voice,"
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are all glad to welcome you back, Ogilvie, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In more senses than one we are pleased that you are able to be present just now. I have just been reading your report to these gentlemen. I had finished it when you entered the room."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is an admirable and brilliant account of the mine, Mr. Ogilvie, said a director from the far end of the table."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I congratulate you not only on the good news it contains, but on the excellent manner in which you have put details together. The Lombard Deeps will be the best thing in the market, and we shall not need for capital to work the mine to the fullest extent."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you permit me to look at my report for a moment, Lord Grayleigh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have come here to-day, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "--his voice was husky; he cleared his throat, and went on--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sit down, said Grayleigh's voice behind him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must be mad. Remember yourself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can tell you, gentlemen, what I have come to say in a few words, he continued."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This report which I drew up, and which I signed, is as _false as hell_."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "False? echoed a voice in the distance, a thin voice from a foreign-looking man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Impossible!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is false, continued Ogilvie."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wrote the report and I ought to know. I spent three weeks at the Lombard Deeps Mine. There were no rich veins of gold; there was a certain alluvial deposit, which for a time, a few months, might yield five ounces to the ton. I wrote the report for a motive which no longer exists. God Himself smote me for my infamous work. Gentlemen, you can do with me exactly as you think fit, but this report, signed by me, shall never go before the world."
}
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"value": "I have no excuse to offer, continued Ogilvie,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the meaning of it all? said one, going up to Grayleigh;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This must be a brief madness, he said;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One moment first,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you want?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "An explanation."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I gave it upstairs."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are mad--you are mad."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On the contrary, I believe that I am sane--sane at last. I grant you I was mad when I signed the report, but I am sane now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What packet was that you gave me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your money back."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The ten thousand pounds?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; I did not want it. I have delivered my soul, and nothing else matters."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me at least one thing. Is this strange action on your part owing to the child's accident?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is. I was going headlong down to hell, but God, through her, has pulled me up short. Gold is utterly valueless to me now. The child is dying, and I cannot part with her for all eternity. You can draw your own conclusions."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "He fell, and I caused him to fall, thought Lord Grayleigh."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In the moment of his fall, if I were even half a man, I would stand by him and acknowledge my share in the matter. But no; where would be the use? I cannot drag my children through the mire. Poor Ogilvie is losing his child, and for him practically life is over."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I saw Ogilvie just now, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At least the widows and orphans won't be ruined, said one of the directors, a thin-faced anxious-looking man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, of course, Lord Grayleigh, we must all wash our hands of this."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must do so advisedly, was Grayleigh's remark;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what of Ogilvie himself? said an angry-looking man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Such infamous conduct requires stringent measures. Do you gentlemen share my views?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It may reflect on ourselves, said one or two."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is just possible there may be some people who will not believe that he was alone in this matter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I were you, gentlemen, he said, moodily,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I would leave Ogilvie to his God."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Philip! said Mrs. Ogilvie, as he re-entered pretty Silverbel about four o'clock that afternoon,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have just had an extraordinary telegram from our lawyer, Mr. Acland."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How strangely tired and worn you look, she replied;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are wrong there, Mildred. There was a time when not only my brain but all my moral qualities were affected, but I believe these things are put right at last."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am enjoying, for the first time for many months, the applause of an approving conscience, he continued;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you done anything rash, Philip?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have done something which my conscience justifies. Now, what about the telegram from Acland?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is coming here this evening to have a talk with me. What can he have to say?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Doubtless his visit is accounted for by an interview I had with him yesterday. I asked him to explain matters to you, as you and he conducted the business with regard to this place together. Mildred, Silverbel must be given up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It cannot be, she cried,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That money was returned by me to Acland yesterday. He has doubtless heard of another purchaser. It will be a lucky thing for us, Mildred, if he takes the furniture as well as the place. Pray don't keep me now."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The bitterness of death lies before me,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leave us for a little, nurse,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You have been a long time away, father,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have, my darling, I had a great deal to do."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Business, father?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, dearest, important business."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You don't look well,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have had a hard time, said the man,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To me, father? The hardest task of your life?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my little daughter, I have something to say to you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Something bad?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Something very bad."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am very sorry, she said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I love you so much. What is it, darlingest father?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me hold your hand, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will be easier for me to tell you something then."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At the moment, little Sibyl, when the cablegram which told me of your accident was put into my hand, I had just done something so wicked, so terrible, that God Himself, God Almighty, rose up and smote me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't understand,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will explain. The cablegram told me that you were ill, very ill. I wanted to undo what I had done, but it was too late. I hurried back to you. God came with me on board the ship. God came, and He was angry; I had a terrible time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Still I do not understand,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let me speak, my dear girl. I reached home, and I saw you, and then a temptation came to me. I wanted us both, you and I, to be happy together for two days. I knew that at the end of that time I must open your eyes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, we were happy!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, for those two days we had peace, and we were, as you say, happy. I put away from me the thought of that which was before me, but I knew that it must come. It has come, Sibyl. The peace has been changed to storm; and now, little girl, I am in the midst of the tempest; the agony I feel in having to tell you this no words can explain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wish you would try and 'splain, all the same,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will, I must; it is wrong of me to torture you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's only 'cos of you yourself,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Listen, my darling. You have often given thoughts to the Lombard Deeps Mine?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, yes. She raised herself a little on her pillow, and tried to speak more cheerfully."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have thought of it, the mine full, full of gold, and all the people so happy!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Any special people, dearest?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So many, she replied."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I told Lord Grayleigh, and he put their names in his note-book. There's Mr. and Mrs. Holman, the people who keep the toy-shop; she has a hundred pounds, and she wants to buy some of the gold."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The old pair I saw coming to see you yesterday? Are they the Holmans? Yes, I remember they told me that was their name."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They came, father. I love 'em so much; and there's Mr. Rochester and Lady Helen, they want to marry. It's a secret, but you may know. And nurse, she wants some of the gold, 'cos her eyes ache, and you sent a cablegram, father, and said the gold was there; it's all right."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Sibyl, it is all wrong; the gold is not in the mine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But you sent a cablegram."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you said it was there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You said it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did worse, said the man. He stood up, folded his arms across his chest, and looked down at her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did worse, and to tell you is my punishment. I not only sent that cablegram, but I wrote an account of the mine, a false account, false as my false heart was, Sibyl, and I signed it with my name, for the gold I said was in the mine was not there."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why did you do it, father?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because I was a scoundrel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A bad man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, said the child,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You thought so, darling; you were wrong. Even when I went to Queensland I was far from that. I could not bid you good-by before I went, because of the sin which I was about to commit. I committed the sin, I dropped away from honor, I let goodness go. I did that which could never, never, under any circumstances, be worth doing, for there is nothing worth evil, there is nothing worth sin, I see it now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then you are sorry?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have repented, he cried;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "She is so holy, so heavenly herself, he murmured;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "And so you was never perfect?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And was mother never perfect?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not as you think of perfection, Sibyl, but we need not talk of her now. I have sinned far more deeply than your poor mother has ever done."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Lord Jesus, isn't He perfect?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Aye, He is perfect, he answered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why did He come into the world?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't you know that old story? Has no one told you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Won't you tell me now, father?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The old story was that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sinners, repeated Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Would He have done that for anything else, do you think?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I 'spect not,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then He loves _you_, she said, after a moment."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He came from heaven 'cos of you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It seems like it, my little girl, and yet I cannot bring myself to believe that He can love me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't speak to me, father, for a minute; go away, and look out of the window, and come back when I call you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Father!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kneel down, father,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am loving you so much, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is all right, she continued,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I love you. Jesus is perfect ... and He loves you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But do you, Sibyl, really love me the same as ever?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seems to me I love you more'n ever"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, cried Sibyl,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, my beautiful Lord Jesus, she whispered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, take me."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take me, Lord Jesus Christ, but first, afore we go, kiss father, and tell him you love him."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From first to last, almost without exception, this story is delightfully droll, humorous and illustrated in harmony with the story."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A delight alike to the young people and their elders, extremely funny both in text and illustrations."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This story is unique among tales intended for children, alike for pleasant instruction, quaintness of humor, gentle pathos, and the subtlety with which lessons moral and otherwise are conveyed to children, and perhaps to their seniors as well."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wonderful as the adventures of Joan are, it must be admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for girls."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "An unusually good children's story."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Among all the modern writers we believe Miss Yonge first, not in genius, but in this, that she employs her great abilities for a high and noble purpose. We know of few modern writers whose works may be so safely commended as hers."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Never has Mrs. Ewing published a more charming volume, and that is saying a very great deal. From the first to the last the book overflows with the strange knowledge of child-nature which so rarely survives childhood; and moreover, with inexhaustible quiet humor, which is never anything but innocent and well-bred, never priggish, and never clumsy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One of this popular author's best. The characters are well imagined and drawn. The story moves with plenty of spirit and the interest does not flag until the end too quickly comes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is no doubt as to the good quality and attractiveness of 'Six to Sixteen.' The book is one which would enrich any girl's book shelf."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A bright and interesting story. The many admirers of Mrs. L. T. Meade in this country will be delighted with the 'Palace Beautiful' for more reasons than one. It is a charming book for girls."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One of those wholesome stories which it does one good to read. It will afford pure delight to numerous readers. This book should be on every girl's book shelf."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This story is written in the author's well-known, fresh and easy style. All girls fond of reading will be charmed by this well-written story. It is told with the author's customary grace and spirit."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A very pretty story, with much of the freshness and vigor of Mr. Macdonald's earlier work.... It is a sweet, earnest, and wholesome fairy story, and the quaint native humor is delightful. A most delightful volume for young readers."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The strength of his work, as well as its peculiar charms, consist in his description of the experiences of a youth with life under water in the luxuriant wealth of which he revels with all the ardor of a poetical nature."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One of the most entertaining stories of the season, full of vigorous action, and strong in character-painting. Elder girls will be charmed with it, and adults may read its pages with profit."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Kitty is a true heroine--warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with the enthusiasm of humanity. One of the most attractive gift books of the season."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One of Mrs. Meade's charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first among writers for young people."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A thoroughly delightful book, full of sound wisdom as well as fun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If a child once begins this book, it will get so deeply interested in it that when bedtime comes it will altogether forget the moral, and will weary its parents with importunities for just a few minutes more to see how everything ends."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This story of the doings of several bright school girls is sure to interest girl readers. Among many good stories for girls this is undoubtedly one of the very best."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The book is one we can heartily recommend, for it is not only bright and interesting, but also pure and healthy in tone and teaching."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wonderful as the adventures of Bluebell are, it must be admitted that they are very naturally worked out and very plausibly presented. Altogether this is an excellent story for girls."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mrs. Molesworth's delightful story of 'Two Little Waifs' will charm all the small people who find it in their stockings. It relates the adventures of two lovable English children lost in Paris, and is just wonderful enough to pleasantly wring the youthful heart."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The author is such a bright, cheery writer, that her stories are always acceptable to all who are not confirmed cynics, and her record of the adventures is as entertaining and enjoyable as we might expect."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These adventures are simply inimitable, and will delight boys and girls of mature age, as well as their juniors. No happier combination of author and artist than this volume presents could be found to furnish healthy amusement to the young folks. The book is an artistic one in every sense."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mrs. Burnham has a rare gift for composing stories for children. With a light, yet forcible touch, she paints sweet and artless, yet natural and strong, characters."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is, in its way, a little classic, of which the real beauty and pathos can hardly be appreciated by young people. It is not too much to say of the story that it is perfect of its kind."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mrs. Molesworth's books are cheery, wholesome, and particularly well adapted to refined life. It is safe to add that she is the best English prose writer for children. A new volume from Mrs. Molesworth is always a treat."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Toosey's Mission."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jill is a little guardian angel to three lively brothers who tease and play with her.... Her unconscious goodness brings right thoughts and resolves to several persons who come into contact with her. There is no goodiness in this tale, but its influence is of the best kind."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. It is one of the best books of the season."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The naughty child is positively delightful. Papas should not omit the book from their list of juvenile presents."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One of Miss Corkran's charming books for girls, narrated in that simple and picturesque style which marks the authoress as one of the first among writers for young people."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A charming story for young folks. Averil is a delightful creature--piquant, tender, and true--and her varying fortunes are perfectly realistic."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "An excellent story, the interest being sustained from first to last. This is, both in its intention and the way the story is told, one of the best books of its kind which has come before us this year."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is a pretty narrative of child life, describing the simple doings and sayings of a very charming and rather precocious child. This is a delightful book for young people."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can highly recommend it; not only for the valuable information it gives on the special subjects to which it is dedicated, but also as a book teaching natural sciences in an interesting way. A fascinating little volume, which will make friends in every household in which there are children."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Among the books for young people we have seen nothing more unique than this book. Like all of this author's stories it will please young readers by the very attractive and charming style in which it is written."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The story is quaint and simple, but there is a freshness about it that makes one hear again the ringing laugh and the cheery shout of children at play which charmed his earlier years."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is a delightful freshness, sincerity and vivacity about all of Grace Aguilar's stories which cannot fail to win the interest and admiration of every lover of good reading."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The charm of the story lies in the cheery helpfulness of spirit developed in the girls by their changed circumstances; while the author finds a pleasant ending to all their happy makeshifts. The story is charmingly told, and the book can be warmly recommended as a present for girls."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Extremely well told and full of interest. Giannetta is a true heroine--warm-hearted, self-sacrificing, and, as all good women nowadays are, largely touched with enthusiasm of humanity. The illustrations are unusually good. One of the most attractive gift books of the season."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father to the care of an elderly aunt residing near Paris. The accounts of the various persons who have an after influence on the story are singularly vivid. There is a subtle attraction about the book which will make it a great favorite with thoughtful girls."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sarah Doudney has no superior as a writer of high-toned stories--pure in style, original in conception, and with skillfully wrought out plots; but we have seen nothing equal in dramatic energy to this book."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Among all the Christmas volumes which the year has brought to our table this one stands out facile princeps--a gem of the first water, bearing upon every one of its pages the signet mark of genius.... All is told with such simplicity and perfect naturalness that the dream appears to be a solid reality. It is indeed a Little Pilgrim's Progress."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mrs. Molesworth is a charming painter of the nature and ways of children; and she has done good service in giving us this charming juvenile which will delight the young people."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Toosey's Mission."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Full of spirit and life, so well sustained throughout that grown-up readers may enjoy it as much as children. This 'Covey' consists of the twelve children of a hard-pressed Dr. Partridge out of which is chosen a little girl to be adopted by a spoiled, fine lady. We have rarely read a story for boys and girls with greater pleasure. One of the chief characters would not have disgraced Dickens' pen."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is one of the prettiest books for children published, as pretty as a pond-lily, and quite as fragrant. Nothing could be imagined more attractive to young people than such a combination of fresh pages and fair pictures; and while children will rejoice over it--which is much better than crying for it--it is a book that can be read with pleasure even by older boys and girls."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, there, little mother,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Search for the Spy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With Joffre on the Battle Line,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Go Ahead Boys on Smuggler's Island,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Forward!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forward!"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let 'em have it!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, Leon, it looks as if there was going to be a fight around here pretty soon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Right you are, Earl. That suits me all right though and from the way the rest of the men are acting it seems to suit them too."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir, exclaimed Jacques, who spoke English with only the slightest suspicion of an accent,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shouldn't describe them as especially quiet,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I mean, explained Jacques,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If we can break the German lines,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We will give them an awful bump anyway,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And we'll lose half our men,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We do not think of that, exclaimed Jacques proudly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We are assigned to the front line, the post of honor. We will lead the charge and I think we are very lucky."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The other regiments are jealous of us anyway, said Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When does the attack start?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To-morrow morning at nine-fifteen sharp."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And we'll move into the first line trenches tonight I suppose."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Exactly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's it, exclaimed Leon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pierre Garemont told me not thirty minutes ago that he had just been talking with Captain Le Blanc and that was the information he received."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I suppose everything is arranged,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You may be sure of that, said Jacques heartily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our officers are not the kind to send us into a battle without doing everything that is possible."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Think of the artillery support we'll have, cried Leon enthusiastically."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't see how they can stop us."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How much will we have?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our guns will drop four shells every minute in every yard of German trenches. Think of that."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean, exclaimed Earl,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I certainly do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It seems incredible, muttered Earl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, there'll be nothing left of them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is just what we want, cried Jacques."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When we smash their trenches to pieces then we can drive them out of our country and France will be free once more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I suppose our batteries will all have the exact range,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You need not worry about that, smiled Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The exact location of every German trench is marked to the inch on our officers' maps. What do you think our aviators are for? Don't you know that they take pictures of the enemy's fortifications from their machines and that all the pictures are developed and enlarged? Oh, they'll have the range all right. You'll see."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Look! cried Leon suddenly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here comes one of our aerial scouts now."
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Germans are firing at it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And there goes one of their machines up after it,"
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One of those new _fokkers_,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The German machine, you mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes. They are very fast too."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He'll never come over our line though, said Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He'll turn back soon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There goes another of our machines up to help,"
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He'll be hit,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wait,"
}
] |
20995
|
Unknown Title
|
Unknown Author
|
[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll see the German turn back now,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why shouldn't he? demanded Earl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's two to one."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "His only hope is to disable the first machine before the other comes up, said Jacques."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Otherwise he'll have to run for it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How high do you suppose they are now?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Five thousand feet, said Leon."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is that about right, Jacques?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should think so; just about,"
}
] |
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