human
You couldn't send me away now, could you, Winnie?
gpt
Oh, Dick, have you thought it all over, looked at every side of it--twenty times, a hundred times, five hundred times?
human
Not I! I looked at it all round once for all, and I've never doubted of it since. I've been waiting for you to do all that.
gpt
Well, in the end, I like it better like that. I like you to think so, anyhow, even if you're deceiving yourself. Because it shows---- She broke off mischievously.
human
What does it show, Dick?
gpt
Why, that you're the jewel of the world! What else would it be showing?
human
But what about the lady you were unhappy over, that evening at the station?
gpt
You knew it was yourself all the time!
human
Then how did you dare to say it wasn't serious? And to call yourself--or me--a fool?
gpt
You're teasing me to the end, Winnie.
human
I knew really why it wasn't and couldn't be serious to you--and why just in that way it became terribly serious. Time was when I should have thought you silly to think it so serious, and when you would have kept it 'not serious' right to the end. We've changed one another, Dick. I you, you me--and life both of us! And so we can make terms with one another.
gpt
Terms of perfect peace, he answered. He knew what was in her mind.
human
I give you my honour--in my soul I'm at peace.
gpt
Then so be it, dear old Dick. For neither am I ashamed. She turned round to face him, and, putting her hands on his shoulders, kissed his lips.
human
Now let's go over to your house, and see that this eventuality really has been properly borne in view. Dear Stephen! He'll philosophize over us, Dick!