human
Yes, said the girl, smiling,
gpt
You will be married, and still be happy,
human
Married! Rubbish! So much you know about it. Am I ever to get strong in my limbs again, so as to be able to cross the water and go back to my own country?
gpt
Father, she said, as soon as the doctor had left her,
human
But, my dear!
gpt
I will not marry him. There are two reasons why I should not. I do not love him, and he does not love me. There are two other reasons. I do not want to marry him, and he does not want to marry me.
human
But he says he does.
gpt
That is his goodness. He is very good. I do not know why a man should be so good who has had so bad a bringing up. Think of me,--how good I ought to be, as compared with him. I haven't done anything naughty in all my life worse than tear my frock, or scold poor Frank; and yet I find it harder to give him up, merely because of the grandeur, than he does to marry me, the poor singing girl, who can never sing again. No! My good looks are gone, such as they were. I can feel it, even with my fingers. You had better take me back to the States at once.
human
Good-bye, Rachel,