human
That's the plain sense of the matter, isn't it? he cried.
gpt
I defy any priest in the world to prove the contrary.
human
Well?
gpt
Well, don't you see what it comes to? You are free--morally free at all events. You can come to me. You must, too. I daren't leave you in this house any longer. I shall take you to London and fix you up there, and then, when I tome back from the Antarctic . . .
human
But Martin, I said,
gpt
What matter whether it would or wouldn't? Our consciences would be clear. There would be no sin, and what you were saying this morning would not apply.
human
But if I left my husband I couldn't marry you, could I?
gpt
Perhaps not.
human
Then the Church would say that I was a sinful woman living a sinful life, wouldn't it?
gpt
But you wouldn't be.
human
All the same the Church would say so, and if it did I should be cut out of communion, and if I were cut out of communion I should be cast out of the Church, and if I were cast out of the Church . . . what would become of me then?
gpt
But, my dear, dear girl, said Martin,