human
Oh, had he but been alone! had he but seen me! was her cry.
gpt
He would have said something. He would have given me his hand. He _does_, he _must_, love me a little. He would have shown some token of affection. In his eye, on his lips, I should have read comfort; but the chance is lost. The wind, the cloud's shadow, does not pass more silently, more emptily than he. I have been mocked, and Heaven is cruel!
human
Have you any objection, uncle, to my inquiring for a situation in a family?
gpt
What whim now? he asked.
human
Are you bewitched? What can you mean?
gpt
I am not well, and need a change,