human
If the dragon comes out of her den and catches us at the door, will that mean a catastrophe for you, or can I be explained away?
gpt
I don't know, said Annesley.
human
And somehow I don't care!
gpt
I care, the man replied.
human
I can't have harm come to you through me. But tell me, before we go farther--does it matter to you, Miss Grayle, that in a little while you and I may see the last of each other? I feel I have a sort of right to ask that question, because it matters such a lot to me. I've got to know you better in this one evening than I could in a year in a commonplace way. I don't want you to go out of my life, because you're the best thing that ever came into it. And if I dared hope that I might mean to you some day half what you've begun to mean for me already, why, I wouldn't _let_ you go!