human
I'm waiting, Sylvia,
gpt
It was you who required me to go! she cried.
human
If only you hadn't asked me to go!
gpt
I thought we were both doing what was right and kind. I'm sorry if it has proved that we were mistaken. But surely you do not blame me?
human
Blame you? No ... the word hadn't occurred to me. I'm afraid I don't understand our language very well. Who could ever have thought of such a meaningless word as 'blame'? You might think little creatures--ants, or the silly locusts that sing in the heat--might have need of such a word. You wouldn't _blame_ an apple for being deformed, would you?--or the hawk for killing the dove? We are what we are--that's all. I don't blame any one.
gpt
We are what we make ourselves, Sylvia. We do what we permit ourselves to do. Don't lose sight of that fact. Don't lose sight of the fact, either, that we are here, man and wife, to help each other. I'm waiting, Sylvia, for you to tell me what has gone wrong.