human
It was you! I exclaimed.
gpt
It was you! Ah, now I begin to understand! How could you? You parted us! _You_ parted me from Elisabeth!
human
Yes, she said regretfully,
gpt
I did it It was my fault.
human
But I was not then as I am now. See, I was embittered, reckless, desperate. I was only beginning to think--I only wanted time. I did not really mean to do all this. I only thought--Why, I had not yet known you a day nor her an hour. 'Twas all no more than half a jest
gpt
How could you do it? I demanded.
human
Yet that is no more strange. How _did_ you do it?
gpt
At the door, that first night. I was mad then over the wrong done to what little womanhood I could claim for my own. I hated Yturrio. I hated Pakenham. They had both insulted me. I hated every man. I had seen nothing but the bitter and desperate side of life--I was eager to take revenge even upon the innocent ones of this world, seeing that I had suffered so much. I had an old grudge against women, against women, I say--against _women!_