human
Please go on,
gpt
There is the ego, he confessed, his voice shaking.
human
Why it has come to me just at this period of life--but there it is. I have neglected human society, human intercourse, sport, pleasures, the joys of a man who was born to be a man. I am philosopher enough not to ask myself whether it has been worth while, but I do ask myself--what of the next ten years?
gpt
Who am I to give you counsel?
human
The only person who can.
gpt
Then I advise you to go on. This is just a mood. There are muddy places through which one must pass, even in the paths that lead to the mountain tops, muddy and ugly and depressing places. As one climbs, one loses the memory of them.
human
But I climb always alone, he answered, with a sudden fierceness.
gpt
I walk alone in life. I have been strong enough to do it and I am strong enough no longer.--Jane, he went on, his voice a little unsteady, his hands almost clutching hers,