human
You can draw while I am away. For this hour you are all my own.
gpt
And when will you be away? Wherever you go, I will follow you. If we once part, we shall not meet again.
human
We think so, and we say so, each time that we part; and yet we meet again. Once more, only the one time when I am to distinguish myself, to gain you--only that once will we be parted; and then we will be happy for over.
gpt
Then you will be killed--or you will be sent to France, or you will love some one else and forget me--
human
Forgot you!--love some one else! Oh! Heaven and earth! cried Moyse, clasping her in his arms, and putting his whole soul into the kisses he impressed on her forehead.
gpt
And what, he continued, in a voice which thrilled her heart,
human
I would die. Oh, Moyse! if it should be so, wait for me! Let your spirit wait for mine! It shall not be long.
gpt
Shall my spirit come--shall I come as a ghost, to tell you that I am dead? Shall I come when you are alone, and call you away?
human
Oh! no, no! she cried, shuddering.
gpt
I will follow--you need not fear. But a ghost--oh! no, no!
human
And why? said Moyse.
gpt
You do not fear me now--you cling to me. And why fear me then? I shall be yours still. I shall be Moyse. I shall be about you, haunting you, whether you see and hear me or not. Why not see and hear me?
human
Why not? said Genifrede, in a tone of assent.
gpt
But I dare not--I will not. You shall not die. Do not speak of it.
human
It was not I, but you, love, that spoke of it. Well, I will not die. But tell me--if I forget you--if I love another--what then?