human
No, that was not what I wished, Fräulein Ferber, he said smiling, and in a tone of such familiarity as deeply offended her.
gpt
I wished to have the pleasure of accompanying you.
human
I thank you, she coldly replied,
gpt
And have you no fear?
human
Only of unwelcome companionship,
gpt
Ah! here is the same dignified reserve again in which you always entrench yourself with me; and wherefore? I shall soon put an end to it, however. To-day, at least, I shall not respect it as I have hitherto been forced to do,—I must speak to you.
human
Is what you have to say of such consequence as to require you to absent yourself from your friends and the fête?
gpt
Yes; it is a wish upon which my life depends; it pursues me day and night; I have been ill and wretched at the idea that it may never be gratified—I——