human
If you suffered, it was your own fault, she replied, calm as the Fate that holds the shears and the thread.
gpt
I wanted to explain to you why I broke my engagement and why I went with Joseph: you refused to allow me.
human
But before that! Remember that I had gone to see you the night before. You had a chance to explain then. But you did not explain. Still, I did not doubt that your reason was good. I did not ask you to state it. But when I saw you at the party with Joseph, was I not right, in thinking that the time for an explanation had passed?
gpt
No, she replied.
human
As long as I did not give any reason, you ought not to have asked for one; but when I wished to give it, you should have been ready to hear it.
gpt
This is a poor pitiful misunderstanding. I say, forgive me! We will let it pass. I had thought each of us was wrong--you first, I, afterward.
human
I was not wrong either first or last!
gpt
Think so if you must! Only, try to understand me! Amy, you know I've loved you. You could never have acted toward me as you have, if you had not believed that. And that night--the night you would not see me alone--I went to ask you to marry me. I meant to ask you the next night. I am here to ask you now! . . .