human
Hold me closer, she sobbed.
gpt
Oh, closer--closer....
human
You came, he said, and then repeated it over and over again, as if he were suddenly face to face with a divine marvel.
gpt
You came. Then:
human
Has the time been hard for you? As it has for me?... If it had been you would have come sooner. He lifted her in his arms and held her as if she were a child, and a warm, sweet feeling of comfort and contentment covered her. She was happy with such happiness as she had never known.
gpt
Tell me, he said in her ear,
human
I love you,
gpt
Shall we elope again? Or what shall we do?... You mustn't leave me long. How soon can you come to me forever?
human
Never.... Never.
gpt
Put me down, she said, in a voice that compelled him to obey. When she stood facing him, her knees trembling, a look of such piteousness on her face as made him draw a great breath of solicitude, she looked into his eyes--looked with steadiness.
human
I can never come to you, Potter, she said.
gpt
Never.
human
Don't joke, sweetheart. I can't bear that sort of joking now.
gpt
It's no--joke, she said, brokenly.
human
I--I never want to see you again. You must never try to see me.... Never speak of this. I--oh--I can never marry any man.
gpt
What?
human
I can never marry any man.... You don't know.... There are terrible things--frightful things.... I am defiled, defiled.... And I love you....