human
To begin, he said,
gpt
I came here fishing. I heard a stick crack----
human
We. Never mind the others. I'll say that _I_ heard you were here. And--and I took my--my net and came to--to----
gpt
To what?
human
To--investigate.
gpt
Investigate what? _Me_?
human
Y-yes. I can't explain. But I came, honestly, naturally, unsuspiciously. And as soon as I saw you I was quite sure that you were not what--what certain people wanted, even if you were the author of _Amourette_----
gpt
I mean that--that you were not what--what _they_ required----
human
They? Who are _they_? And what, in Heaven's name, did 'they' require?
gpt
I don't want to tell you, Mr. Sayre. All I shall say is that I knew immediately that they didn't want _you_, because you are not up to the University standard. And you won't understand that. I ought to have gone quietly away. . . . I don't know why I didn't. I was so interested in listening to you recite, and in looking at you. I loved your poem, _Amourette_. . . . And two hours slipped by----
human
You stood there in the bushes looking at _me_ for two hours, _and_ listening to my poem--and _liking_ it?
gpt
Yes, I did. . . . I don't know why. . . . And then, somehow, without any apparent reason, I wanted you to see _me_ . . . without any apparent reason . . . and so I stepped on a dry stick. . . . And to-day I came back . . . without any apparent reason. . . . I don't know what on earth has happened to make me--make me--forget----
human
Forget what?
gpt
Everything--except----
human
Except what?
gpt
Forget everything except that I--like you, Mr. Sayre.
human
That is the sweetest and most fearless thing a woman ever said. I am absurdly happy over it.
gpt
And, he said,
human
Do you mean it?
gpt
I mean more.
human
I--I think you had better not say--more.
gpt
Why?
human
Because of what I told you. There is no use in your--your finding me--interesting.
gpt
Are you married?