human
Is it you? cried I.
gpt
And in such agitation? Has the birthday celebration come to a tragic end?
human
Paul, said he, still motionless, as though some heavy blow had stretched him out there.
gpt
All is over! I am a lost man!
human
You will find yourself again, my good fellow, I replied.
gpt
Come, let me help to look for you. Tell me all about it to begin with.
human
No jesting if you would not drive me out of the room. I tell you it is all too true. I have only now fully discovered what an angel she is, and I have seen her for the last time.
gpt
Is she gone away--gone to a distance?
human
It is very kind of you to have thought of my birthday, and to have brought me such beautiful flowers and such a charming song. There is nothing I love so much as flowers and music, and I very seldom come in for either. I shall soon know the tune; indeed I half know it now. He could not part with the hand given him, and as her graciousness had inspired him with courage, he now brought out the serpent-pin, and placed it in her hand.
gpt
Here is something else, he said;
human
Why have you done this? she said, hastily rising.
gpt
I have not deserved it from you--at least I do not think I have behaved in such a way as to authorise you to make me a present like this. I see I have been mistaken in you. You, too, think meanly of me because I am poor and dependent. I cannot conceal that this pains me, from you of all people, and her eyes grew moist.
human
Now I can only request that you will instantly leave me, and never return,