human
Long enough to prove to you that love is the biggest thing in the world? he asked gently, but there was a tremble in his voice that thrilled her down to her very heels.
gpt
Oh, my dear, has it? Work and independence are all well enough but they can't take the place of love. His eyes watched her hungrily, but as the color left her cheeks as quickly as it had come and she shook her head, he went on more slowly and there was no longer a wistful tremble in his voice to thrill her to her heels.
human
You remember the night when you offered me friendship instead of love and I scornfully refused the half loaf? She nodded almost mechanically, her eyes on her fingers as they pleated a fold of her frock.
gpt
Well, I've changed my mind. Mary Rose has shown me that friends may have a big place in one's life and if you can't give me anything more I'm going to be satisfied with your friendship. May I have that?
human
Oh! It was a startled little gasp and it was a startled little glance that she gave him.
gpt
Is--is that what you came for?
human
It isn't what I came for, he acknowledged honestly.
gpt
But I wanted to tell you so you wouldn't keep on avoiding me as if I had the plague. The other afternoon you wouldn't have come over if you had thought I would be back?
human
We're neighbors and friends of Mary Rose, he went on slowly,