human
How, make me?
gpt
How fine, how proud!
human
I meant 'make' in the helpful sense. I know the song: I've heard it sung, I've sung it; I've taught you; my mind will act on yours, and you will sing it well.
gpt
Won't you sing it yourself? Do, please.
human
No; to-night I wish to hear you.
gpt
Why?
human
I will tell you later. Can you play the accompaniment? If not, I--
gpt
Oh, will you? I could sing it then, I think. You played it so beautifully the other day--with all those strange chords.
human
It is one of the few things that I can play. I always had a taste for music; and up in one of the forts there was an old melodeon, so I hammered away for years. I had to learn difficult things at the start, or none at all, or else those I improvised; and that's how I can play one or two of Beethoven's symphonies pretty well, and this song, and a few others, and go a cropper with a waltz. Will you come?
gpt
You remember the words?
human
Yes, I learned them by heart.
gpt
Good!