human
Where shall we go now?
gpt
It is all the same to me. I have no longer any home. I thought indeed--but it is quite too boisterous and wretched to take leave of each other in the open air. Are we far from your lodgings?
human
I am in the old quarters still. Over the bridge, and then only a hundred yards. Come.
gpt
That is-- said she, holding him back as if considering.
human
What will the people you lodge with think if you suddenly bring a girl back with you?
gpt
Have you not your veil on!
human
I? I do not care about myself. To-morrow I shall be--who knows how far away, where I can defy all comments. But it might get told to your mother, and give you trouble hereafter.
gpt
Have no fear, he said, pressing the hand that rested on his arm.
human
My room has a private entrance, and the people of the house burn no light on the stairs. We shall not meet any one.
gpt
I think the worst is now over, we may go on.