human
Well, it's a pity, it's a pity, he replied.
gpt
We oughtn't to live together as it is. It's all wrong; it's wicked--I can see that now.
human
You are not angry with me?
gpt
You can't help it, I suppose,
human
Do you really mean, she breathlessly said,
gpt
There's nothing in life that gives me a pleasant taste in the mouth, so what's the good? Mind you, my girl, I think it a terrible pity that you should have the thought to die; and if you could be happy living, I'd die myself to save you. But can you? That's the question--can you be happy, even if I went and you stayed?
human
I don't think so,
gpt
No, I don't think so.
human
The man's name was Cayley--Cayley,
gpt
How did you know? she asked, astonished.
human
You never saw him.
gpt
Oh, yes, I've seen him, was the reply--
human
I do not understand you,
gpt
I knew it all along, he continued,
human
How did you know?
gpt
Cayley told me.
human
When did he tell you?
gpt
The morning that I married you.
human
Before--or after? she asked. He paused a moment, looking steadily at her, and answered,
gpt
Before.
human
Good God! she cried.
gpt
Why did he not--
human
Why did he not marry you himself?
gpt
You must ask him that yourself, if you do not know.
human
And yet you married me, knowing all--that he loved me,
gpt
I would have married you then, knowing a thousand times that.
human
You have sinned as much as I, she said.
gpt
Do you dare pay the penalty?
human
Do I dare ride with you to the cliff--and beyond?
gpt
But we will wait till to-morrow,
human
Why not to-day?
gpt
We will wait till to-morrow,
human
But we will wait till to-morrow, Alice,
gpt
Very well,
human
Strange things may chance before to-morrow,