human
Then I--no longer--have your love?
gpt
How can you force such things from me? Have you no pride? He winced.
human
But, since you press for an explanation, you shall have one. Before you went away I knew no one. I was a child; I had always been fond of you; my head was full of nonsense; and, when you asked me, I said I loved you. It was true, too, in a childish way.
gpt
Go on,
human
Well, you come back after four years, and, it seems, expect to find me still a child. Instead of that, I am a woman--a sensible woman, with a good humoured twinkle of the eyes,
gpt
she added in a tone of earnest entreaty,
human
No!
gpt
No! he repeated.
human
You give me your love, and then, after years of separation, you offer me your friendship instead. What is that to me? How can I make that do--a lamp instead of the sun? It is too much to ask of any man: you know it. Who has taught you to play with men's hearts like this?
gpt
I have been too kind,
human
Say rather too cruel! returned Dick very bitterly.
gpt
Nay, not on my account. I will save you the trouble of going.