human
Look, called Rose, from the window.
gpt
It's going to clear. Oh, see that wonderful rainbow. I don't believe I ever saw one in the morning before.
human
I don't believe in that, or any other _unpleasant_ 'stupidstition'--as my reverend used to call them, Rose retorted, as she hastily began to dress, for the last time, in the blue striped costume which had been hers for nearly three years, but was, in a few hours, to change to one pure white, like a sombre chrysalis to a radiant butterfly.
gpt
No matter when a rainbow appears it is always an omen of fair promise. It's Mother Nature smiling through her tears.
human
I can tell by your expression just what you're going to say, and....
gpt
Egoist, mocked the other.
human
I hadn't the slightest idea of comparing your own smile to a rainbow, so now.
gpt
I can't help it, really. Rose spoke with unfeigned distress in her voice, and began angrily to massage the corners of her mouth downward.
human
There's something wrong with the muscles of my face, I think, and sometimes I get worried for fear people will think that it's affectation. I get frightfully tired of seeing a perpetually forced grin on other faces--it reminds me of Mr. William Shakespeare's remark that 'a man may smile and be a villain still.'
gpt
Not with your kind, dear. 'There's a painted smile on the lip that lies, when the villain plays his part; and the smile in the depths of the honest eyes--and this is the smile of the heart.'
human
Or of the cheerful idiot, supplemented Rose.
gpt
Do you really think that I'm ... shallow? Sometimes it seems to me that the truly wise, thoughtful people, who search the deeps of life and are themselves strongly stirred, are always serious looking.
human
Pooh. It's generally pose, and a much easier one to get away with. I always discount it about ninety-nine per cent.
gpt
But, at least, others must think that I am always happy, and I'm not--sometimes I wish that I might be; but not often, for one would have to be utterly selfish and unsympathetic in order to be so, when there is so much suffering everywhere.
human
I know, and feel the same way, Rose. But it seems to me that a smile--at least one like yours--isn't so much the visible expression of joy, as it is a symbol of cheer for others ... like a rainbow. There, I vowed that I wouldn't, and now I've 'gone and went and done it.'