human
Ernestine, he said abruptly,
gpt
Are you ever frightened, Ernestine?
human
Frightened--about what?
gpt
Frightened about having to live all your life with me!
human
Karl, do you think you are treating me very kindly to-night? Saying these strange things I cannot understand?
gpt
But, Ernestine--look here! You're young--beautiful--love life. Doesn't it ever occur to you that you're not getting enough fun out of things?
human
Karl, --and there was a quivering in the voice now--
gpt
No, but that's just it! You _ought_ to be thinking about it! Ernestine--_think_ of it! How are you going to go on forever loving a blind man?
human
Yes--I know--in that way. But in the old way of the first days? I was so different then. How _can_ you love me now, the way you did then? What do I do now but sit in a chair and try to be patient? Look at a man like Parkman! That's life. Ernestine --drawing her close, a sob in his voice--
gpt
You always have the right word, he said at last.
human
You can always get ahead of the little blue devils.
gpt
Oh, Karl, she murmured, very low, her heart too full to resist this--
human
Of course, he mused, after a silence,
gpt
Yes, replied Ernestine, and something in her voice puzzled him,
human
I have my work.