human
Hello, Jerry.
gpt
Hello, Bobs.
human
Got a date?
gpt
No. I was just trying to make up my mind what to do.
human
I've invited myself to dinner. Let's get Mrs. Biggs to fix us up something and have it here.
gpt
Don't you want to go somewhere, where it's gay?
human
Noisy, you mean? No. Can't you stand it here?
gpt
It's awful, Bobs,
human
I'll go talk to the Biggs; you light the fire and mix the cocktails,
gpt
All's well, steak in the ice box, and plenty of other things. Jane ordered things kept ready for you all the time, it seems. Just like her, isn't it? I never knew any human being take so much thought for others as Jane does.
human
Yes, she does.
gpt
I don't wonder you miss her.
human
I've got to get used to missing her, Bobs,
gpt
What do you mean?
human
I think I'm going to lose her,
gpt
You mean Jane has left you--for good?
human
She's gone to decide whether she will or not.
gpt
Jerry, what's happened?
human
I've just got to talk to somebody, Bobs. I'm nearly crazy with this thing.
gpt
Go ahead; I'm safe.
human
Jane doesn't love me; you know that, just as I know it.
gpt
Well, she's been a good wife, hasn't she?
human
The best. But there's somebody she does care about.
gpt
Martin Christiansen?
human
You saw it, too?
gpt
No. I was only afraid of it. They had so much in common. He gave her all the consideration you did not.
human
Oh, I know I've got no chance with him, but it doesn't make it any easier!
gpt
How did you know about it?
human
They told me. Jane called me in--said there had been an accident--that he had told her he loved her; she was all to pieces. I could see it, I never saw her so upset.
gpt
Poor Jane! But why did she go away?
human
She said she had to be alone, to make up her mind what she must do.
gpt
How like her!
human
So she took Baby and Anna and went somewhere-- I don't know where.
gpt
I've been in hell, Bobs,
human
So has Jane, and so has Christiansen,
gpt
I know--I know.
human
You can't go on forever, Jerry, and escape.
gpt
Your marriage to Jane was the most selfish, cowardly thing any man ever did, and you've got to pay for it sooner or later!
human
Why, Bobs, I....
gpt
Don't let's talk about it. I know you, Jerry. I know why you married Jane, and you never gave her part of it one thought. If she's found a great, big, fine man, like Christiansen to really love her, I hope you'll stand out of the way and take your medicine, like a man.
human
I didn't force her to marry me! What did she do it for?
gpt
That's her affair, but now the point is that she has lived up to her contract like a soldier. She's borne the slight you've put on her without one protest. She's a magnificent, full-grown woman, tied to a selfish, old-fashioned, little boy-man, and it's ridiculous.
human
I think I get your estimate of me accurately.
gpt
It's time for you to take stock, Jerry. You've had the opportunity of your life and you haven't made good. You don't understand Jane, nor appreciate her, nor care anything about her.
human
That's a lie, Bobs; I love her better than anything in the world!