human
Speak again, Maude! Once more let me hear those precious words from your own sweet lips, Maude! Maude, sweetest and fairest, speak!
gpt
But you have not heard all, my lord. This secret--do you not wish to hear it?
human
Not unless it is your wish to tell it. I want to hear nothing but that you are my own.
gpt
Yet, when you hear it, my lord, you may reject the hand I have offered.
human
Never, never! Nothing under heaven could make me do that!
gpt
You speak rashly, Lord Ernest. Wait until you have heard all. I dare not accept the noble heart and hand you offer, without revealing the one great error of my youth.
human
You commit error, my beautiful saint? You, who are as perfect in soul as in body. Oh, Maude, I cannot believe it.
gpt
It is true, nevertheless, my lord. But oh, how shall I tell you? How can I confess what I have been--what I am?