human
Katie, he demanded sharply,
gpt
I haven't meant to be, Wayne.
human
You're not pleased?
gpt
Why, Wayne, you can scarcely expect me to be--wholly pleased, can you?
human
But you always seemed to understand so well. I --he paused in that constraint there so often was between them in things delicately intimate--
gpt
I've never told you, Katie, how fine I thought you were. So big about it.
human
It's not so difficult, said Kate, with a touch of her old smile,
gpt
You know, Katie, it was your attitude in the beginning that--
human
Just don't bother calling my attention to that, Wayne, she said sharply.
gpt
Please credit me with the intelligence to see it for myself.
human
Oh Wayne--think of Major Barrett's _knowing_.
gpt
Damn Barrett.
human
But you can't damn him. Suppose you were to be stationed at the same place!
gpt
Well that, at least, is something upon which I can set your fears at rest.
human
What do you mean?
gpt
I mean, Katie, that my army days are over.
human
I don't understand you.
gpt
It shouldn't be so difficult to comprehend. I have resigned my commission.
human
Wayne, she asked slowly,
gpt
Just what I say. That I have resigned my commission. That I am out of the army.
human
But you can't do that. Why your whole life is there--friends--traditions--work--future.
gpt
Not my future,
human
Wayne, I don't see how you can--in such a light manner--give up such a big thing!
gpt
What right have you to say that it is done in a 'light manner'!