human
Listen to me, Nora. I know I've said things to you for which I ought to be horsewhipped; but I was nearly insane. I am still. I don't know what to think of you, what to do to you. The thought that _you_, whom I have cherished as something precious and different from every one else in my life, have been deceiving me all these months drives me distracted. I could _kill_ you without the slightest compunction.
gpt
Roger, you don't think I've done anything wrong, do you?
human
I don't know what to think, he said.
gpt
It is a revelation to me that you were capable of deceiving me at all.
human
But I am only _engaged_ to Bob; that's all.
gpt
Only _engaged_! In heaven's name! what do you mean? Do you intend to marry this man?
human
No, I never did; but--