human
It's a fairy story, surely! she said, trying to laugh.
gpt
There are so many beautiful girls in the world for a man like you, that I----
human
A man like me! What _am_ I like?
gpt
Oh, it's hard to put into words. But--well, you're brave; I'm sure of that.
human
I hope I'm not a coward. All normal men are brave. That's nothing. What else am I--to you?
gpt
Interesting. More interesting than--than any one I ever saw.
human
If you feel that, you don't want to send me out of your life, do you?--after you've stood by and sheltered me from danger?
gpt
No-o. I don't want to send you out of my life. But----
human
There's only one way in which you can keep me and I can keep you--circumstanced as we are. We must be husband and wife.
gpt
Oh!
human
I frighten you. Yet you might have consented to marry that other Smith. You went to meet him, to decide whether he was possible.
gpt
I know. But I see now, if he'd kept his appointment, it would have ended in nothing, even if--if he had been pleased with me. I couldn't have brought myself to say 'yes'.
human
How can you be certain?
gpt
Because --Annesley spoke almost in a whisper--