human
You will be right here waiting on this spot when I come back, won't you, Stefan?--For I _will_ come back, she exclaimed as he did not answer.
gpt
Say that you know I will!
human
I know that you will do whatever seems to you right.
gpt
That's more than I know! I'm much more likely to do whatever seems to me nice--Oh, Stefan, why will you persist in believing in me always, no matter how badly I behave?
human
Do you not know that every splinter of a genuine Cremona violin vibrates to the bow on as true a tone as did the unbroken instrument?
gpt
You mean--Mother, she said.
human
Oh, but I'm not all Cremona! I think there's a good deal in me of the fiddle Nero played while Rome burned. It's not _fair_ to be expected to live up to a self-sacrificing mother! If you don't, you have failed her; if you do, she gets the credit--Besides, I'm needed here just as much as I am in Louisville. More! Not only these poor people need me, but--you do, Stefan.