human
Your letter? She smiled a little sadly.
gpt
Surely you did not expect me to answer that?
human
Why not? He had again approached her and his lips were close to hers.
gpt
Why not? I have yearned for you. I love you.
human
You love me now--you did not love me then. The music of your words was cold--machine-made, strained and superficial. I shall not answer, I told myself: in his heart he has forgotten you. I did not then realise that a dangerous force had possessed your life and crushed in your mind every image but its own.
gpt
I don't understand.
human
Do you think I would have come here if it were a light matter? No, I tell you, it is a matter of life and death to you, at least as an artist.
gpt
What do you mean by that?
human
Have you done a stroke of work since I last saw you?
gpt
Yes, let me see, surely, magazine articles and a poem.
human
That is not what I want to know. Have you accomplished anything big? Have you grown since this summer? How about your novel?
gpt
I--I have almost finished it in my mind, but I have found no chance to begin with the actual writing. I was sick of late, very sick.