human
I had something to say to Alston, Claude said, coming up to her.
gpt
I don't think I could have rested to-night unless I had said it. I'm sure I couldn't.
human
You were telling him again how splendidly--
gpt
No. He knew what I thought of his work. I told him that before supper. I had to tell him something else--what I thought of my own.
human
What you--what you thought of your own!
gpt
Yes. What I thought of my own spurious, contemptible, heartless, soulless, hateful work.
human
Claude!
gpt
Don't you know it is so? Don't you know I am right? You may have deceived yourself in Algeria. You may have deceived yourself even here at all the rehearsals. But, Charmian --his eyes pierced her--
human
How can you--oh, how can you speak like this? Oh, how can you attack your own child? she cried, finding in herself still a remnant of will, a remnant of the fierceness that belongs to deep feeling of any kind.
gpt
It's unworthy. It's cruel, brutal. I can't hear you do it. I won't--
human
Do you mean to tell me that to-night when you sat in the theater you didn't know? Well, if you do tell me so I shall not believe you. No, I shall not believe you.