human
I do believe that this going abroad to make a fortune, which young men so delight in, is often a most fatal mistake. They give up far more than they gain--country, home, health. I think a man has no right to sell his life any more than his soul for so many thousands a year.
gpt
No, and I am not selling mine. With my temperate habits I have as good a chance of health at Bombay as in London--perhaps better. And the years I must be absent I would have been absent almost as much from you--I mean they would have been spent in work as engrossing and as hard. They will soon pass, and then I shall come home rich--rich. Do you think I am growing mercenary?
human
No.
gpt
Tell me what you do think about me?
human
I--can not quite understand.
gpt
And I cannot make you understand. Perhaps I will, some day when I come back again. Till then, you must trust me, Hilary.
human
You must trust me. Hilary.