human
You know the people, one of them much better than I do.
gpt
Then it is not about yourself?
human
I rarely ask help in solving my own problems, he replied. Then, as he saw her face, he suddenly realized that he had hurt her in some unknown fashion.
gpt
That sounds rather brutal, he added;
human
No, she assented;
gpt
Not for me. If I have anything to do, I grit my teeth and do it, and waste as little thought upon it as possible. Iteration makes good into a bore. It is best to let it alone. And of bad, the less said, the better, that is, when it is a matter of one's own personality. But now I want to talk about Miss Dane.
human
Beatrix?
gpt
Yes. I have felt anxious about her lately, and I haven't known whether to keep still, or to speak. It all seems a good deal like meddling, and I really know her so little.