human
Let's say good-night, she answered, at length.
gpt
Our little worlds have toppled about our heads to-night--all your theories, it seems, and, God knows, all that I have hoped. Why should we stay here and make ourselves miserable by talk?
human
But because we have failed, he said steadily,
gpt
You have a fine courage, said the girl.
human
But what is there we can say?
gpt
For my part, I am not so miserable as you think. For I feel as if this night had driven us closer together, you see; and I've caught a perspective on everything that has happened here.
human
Tell me what you know.
gpt
Only what I think I know. It may be painful to hear.
human
I'm very used to pain.
gpt
Well, a moment ago, when Barry was walking beside his dog, smiling, you murmured that he once was like that always. It gave me light. So I'd say that there was a time when Dan Barry lived here with you and your father. Am I right?
human
Yes, for years and years.
gpt
And in those times he was not greatly different from other men. Not on the surface.
human
No.
gpt
You came to be very fond of him.
human
We were to marry,
gpt
Then something happened--suddenly--that took him away from you, and you did not see him again until to-night. Am I right?