human
If you had only seen her, Paul, said he at the end of his narrative,
gpt
You really then mean to marry her?
human
Can you doubt it? That is if she will accept me. She must have plainly seen that my intentions were honourable, although, as to any formal declaration, you know that my heart overflows least when it is fullest. And besides there is no hurry. She cannot be thinking of leaving for some time to come, and as for me--if I make great efforts in four or five years--
gpt
Four or five years? Why, you will scarcely have passed your legal examination.
human
True, he rejoined.
gpt
But I have given up the idea of it. I shall not seat myself on the long bench of law students, which is but a rickety one after all. I think I can in a shorter time make something of music, and at the worst if we are not able to get on here--and indeed my parents would hardly be pleased at the marriage--we can seek our fortune in America.