human
You've been a stanch friend to him, I know, and you've done a big thing for him. You've tamed him, shaped him, made a man of him. I felt your influence upon him before I ever met you. I sensed your courage, your steadfastness, your goodness. But you are only a woman, eh, Lady Carfax? And Rome wasn't built in a day. There may come a time when the savage gets the upper hand of him again. And then, if I were not by to hold him in, he might gallop to his own or someone else's destruction. That is what I have to think of before I decide.
gpt
But--can you always hold him?
human
Always, Lady Carfax. Very quietly, with absolute confidence, came the reply.
gpt
You may put your last dollar on that, and you won't lose it. We settled that many years ago, once and for all. But I've been asking myself lately if I need be so anxious, if possibly Rome may be nearer completion than I imagine. Is it so? Is it so? I sometimes think you know him better than I do myself.
human
I!
gpt
You, Lady Carfax.
human
If you can trust him, he said quietly,
gpt
I know that I can. The question is--Can you?
human
I do not feel that I know him as I once did, she said, her voice very low,