human
You expect too much of him, Joan--you always expect too much of people. Try to take them as you find them. He is one of the many who think better with their hearts than with their heads.
gpt
My step-mother once told me that there was nothing in the world so dangerous as what she called 'bone-headedness.'
human
Exactly!--especially to the bone-headed--Your Archie is no fool, however. There are perhaps fewer convolutions in his gray matter than in ours, that is all. He has made mistakes with his head, and will again. But with his heart--never.
gpt
You are not condoning, she asked slowly,
human
To me there seems nothing unforgivable, nothing utterly vicious, except selfishness. There is no self in Archie Blair. Not enough self.
gpt
Should you not call that a mistake of the heart?
human
I had no idea, he commented,
gpt
An actor!--You think that scene was not genuine?
human
I think, in fact I know, that your husband would hesitate to sacrifice nothing to what he believed your happiness; even your respect--I love that man, he said simply.
gpt
And so do you, Joan. Otherwise he would have been powerless to hurt you.
human
Is it possible to love--two people at once?
gpt
Two? A dozen--a hundred! Does a mother love two children at once?--Surely that depends upon the stage of the soul's development.
human
But always one best,
gpt
Always one best,