human
Susan, she said, clasping her companion's left hand,
gpt
Tell me what it is.
human
Yes, I must. The other day it came when I saw the dragoman, Mustapha Ali, walking toward the hotel--when he was just under that arch of pink roses. The horn of a motor sounded in the road, and the white dust flew up in a cloud. Then I heard, far away, the siren of a ship. It was all an impression of Algiers. It was Algiers. And I felt--I shall be here again with _him_.
gpt
And now, when I look at that island, the feeling comes again. It seems to come to me out of the palm trunk and the lilies, almost as if they knew, and told me.
human
It may be so, she said.
gpt
Perhaps part of your destiny is to learn through that man, and to teach him.
human
Oh, Susan! If it should be!
gpt
But you must learn to love, if you are to do any real good.
human
Learn! Why, I've just told you--
gpt
No, no. You don't quite understand me. Our personal loves must be expanded. They must become universal. We must overflow with love.
human
Do you?
gpt
It's very, very difficult. But I wish to and try to. Do you know, I think perhaps that is why you have told me all this.
human
Perhaps it is, said Charmian.
gpt
I could never have told it to anyone else.
human
No, it is not so.