human
I knew--up there--that you should never leave me,
gpt
Never,
human
We were created for each other.... Nothing could hold us apart.
gpt
Nothing.
human
Can anything be greater than love?
gpt
I don't know.
human
I believe there is something--something that selects a man and woman and brings them together.... We have been brought together.
gpt
I felt it--to-night.
human
Hildegarde, he said, presently,
gpt
What is it, Potter?
human
You confessed to me once--here in this room-- He hesitated, sought for words in which to clothe the thing, words that would carry no bitterness, no accusation, none of the horror the fact had brought to him.
gpt
You said you loved me, but could marry no man.
human
Yes, I said it,
gpt
Was it true?
human
It was true--then.
gpt
Then?... It is not true now?
human
It is not true now.... I was defiled.
gpt
That was the word.
human
God had burned away the defilement.
gpt
What do you mean?
human
It was _his_ blood in my veins--the blood of a man who could betray his country.... It defiled me. He was my father, and the fact defiled me. He was loathsome to me, but my life came from him.... How could I marry any man? Could I hand on such an inheritance to the innocent?