human
You must not let marriage interfere too much with your work, Claude. I care very much for that. For years your work was everything to you. It can't be that, it oughtn't to be that now. But I want your marriage with Charmian to help, not to hinder you. Be true to your own instinct in your art and surely all must go well.
gpt
Yes, yes. To-morrow I must make a fresh start. I could never be an idler. I must--I must try to use life as food for my art!
human
Some can do that, said Mrs. Mansfield.
gpt
But, as I remember saying on the night of Charmian's return from Algiers, Swinburne's food was Putney. There is no rule. Follow your instinct.
human
How well she understands me! he thought.
gpt
Does she understand me too well?
human
Impulse had driven him into a mistake and he had