human
Yes, dear?
gpt
Oh, Karl, I shouldn't ask it. It will hurt you. I shouldn't ask.
human
I would rather you did, dear. Ask anything. We are holding nothing from one another now.
gpt
I just happened to think--I wanted to know--oh Karl, it wasn't in your eye on my birthday, was it? It hadn't happened--wasn't happening--when we sat there by the fire, happier than we had ever been before?
human
Karl, --her voice was strangely quiet--
gpt
Then, she cried--he would never have dreamed Ernestine's voice could have sounded like that--
human
I hate the world! I despise it! I will not have anything to do with it! It fooled us--cheated us--_made fun of us_! I'll despise it--fight it --the words became incoherent, the sobs grew very wild, she sank to the floor, crouching there, her hands clenched, sobbing:
gpt
I hate it! Oh how I want to pay it back!
human
Ernestine, he said, his voice almost stern,
gpt
--the voice changed on that word--
human
See your statue up there, liebchen? Remember how you always liked it? What you said about it that night? Oh, Ernestine --crushing her to him--