human
She looked at him in the agony of utter despair.
gpt
I know how it appears to you; but if you could only see how it seemed to me!
human
I'm trying,
gpt
If I'd been a little field of grass for the sheep to graze on, do you suppose I shouldn't have been happy if the birds passed by, or that I shouldn't have been ready for the sheep when they came? If I'd been a little pool in the desert, do you suppose I wouldn't have been happier for the sunlight, and just as ready for the rains when they came?
human
But you're neither grass nor water,
gpt
Ah, I think I am just that--grass and water. I think that is what we all are--with something of mystery added.
human
There you have it, that _something of mystery_, he said.
gpt
That's the thing that makes the world move--that keeps people clean.
human
Yes, she conceded dully,
gpt
What I wanted to tell you, Harboro, is that my heart has been like a brimming cup for you always. It was only that which ran over that I gave to another. Runyon never could have robbed the cup--a thousand Runyons couldn't. He was only like a flower to wear in my hair, a ribbon to put on for an outing. But you ... you were the hearth for me to sit down before at night, a wall to keep the wind away. What was it you said once about a man and woman becoming one? You have been my very body to me, Harboro; and any other could only have been a friendly wind to stir me for a moment and then pass on.
human
I was the favorite lover,
gpt
You won't understand, she said despairingly. And then as he arose and turned toward the door again she went to him abjectly, appealingly.
human
Harboro! she cried,
gpt
I know I haven't explained it right, but I want you to believe me! It is you I love, really; it is you I am grateful to and proud of. You're everything to me that you've thought of being. I couldn't live without you! She sank to her knees and covered her eyes with one hand while with the other she reached out to him:
human
Harboro!
gpt
Great God!