human
No, I haven't the courage. If I take that mask from your face, it will be the end. And I do not want this ever to end. If you will not let me see your face of your own free will, so be it. I shall see it some day, mark me. Fate does not cross two paths in this manner without a purpose. He stepped back slowly.
gpt
You do not understand the lure of that mask.
human
Perhaps I do. I am beginning to admire your self-control, Mr. Hillard; I am beginning to admire it very much. But I am tired now, and I must ask you to go.
gpt
Once more, will you let me see your face?
human
No. If, as you say, fate intends for us to meet again, you will see it. But I have my doubts. So it is my will to pass out of your life as completely as though I had never entered it; from one fog into another. No, I am not a happy woman; I am not happy in my friendships. Listen to me, and her voice grew low and sweet.
gpt
Let me appeal to your imagination. This light adventure shall be a souvenir for your old age. One night Romance stepped into your life and out of it. Think! There will always be the same charm, the same mystery, the same enchantment. Knowing nothing of me, there will follow no disillusions, no disenchantments; I shall always be Cinderella, or the Sleeping Beauty, or what your fancy wills. Do you understand me?
human
Nothing, she proceeded,
gpt
You are right, he said reluctantly.
human
Something to dream over in my old age. And certainly I shall dream of it; a flash of sunlight in the shadow.
gpt
Do not deny me this little thing,