human
There is something you would fain ask, he whispered.
gpt
Tell me what it is.
human
I--I --at last she managed to say,--
gpt
I cannot comprehend what induced you to marry that woman.
human
No, nor can I, now, myself. How can I make you understand that in the world in' which I lived there were no women who inspired me with respect? it was made up of my fellow-students, and of women in no wise superior to the one of whom we are speaking. I was convinced that all her sex were either like her, or were harsh old maids, like my aunt Illona. Ten years older than I, she controlled my thoughts and my actions; I could not do without her, and at last I married her for fear lest some one of my fellow-students should take her from me.
gpt
Shortly afterwards came fame, he began anew,
human
What can I do? she murmured, hoarsely.
gpt
What can I do?