human
You are a very brave man, she said,
gpt
It doesn't take much of either bravery or chivalry for a man to offer himself to you.
human
It must take plenty of both. You are--what you are, in the big world you live in. And you dare to trust an absolute stranger, whom you have no means of knowing better, with that name of yours. Think, Mr. Jordan King, what that name means to you--and to your mother.
gpt
I have thought. And I offer it to you. And I do know what you are. You can't disguise yourself--any more than the Princess in the fairy tale. Do you think all those notes I had from you at the hospital didn't tell the story? I don't know why you are selling books from door to door--and I don't want to know. What I do understand is--that you are the first of your family to do it!
human
Mr. King, she said gravely,
gpt
You have not been a shopgirl, he said steadily.
human
You belong in a home like mine. If you have lost it by some accident, that is only the fortune of life. But you can't disguise yourself as a commonplace person, for you're not. And--I can't let you go out of my life--I can't.