human
But I didn't want to be helped. Nothing could help. I just wanted to get away--have it over. So I hurried on--across your Island--though I didn't know--just looking for a place--a way. Just to have it all over.
gpt
To have it all over, she repeated in a whisper. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.
human
Doesn't that ever seem to you a beautiful thing?
gpt
Not any more, he whispered.
human
Not now.
gpt
Then again I saw water--the other side of the Island. She went back to it with an effort, exhausted.
human
I ran. I wanted to get there. Have it all over--before anything else could happen. I couldn't _look_--but I kept saying to myself it would only be a minute--only a minute--then it would be all over--not so bad as having things happen--being alone--afraid--
gpt
I didn't want to go. I thought it was just something else. And oh how I wanted to get it all over! She sobbed.
human
But I saw it was a girl. Sick. I wasn't able to help going--and then--Well, you know. Katie. How she fooled me. And saved me.
gpt
But at first I couldn't believe in her. I thought it must be just something else. She stopped, looking at him.
human
Why I think it wasn't till after I met _you_ I felt sure it couldn't be--