human
Is there any news?
gpt
She's doing--very fairly, I think, he answered with a drawl that was almost a stammer.
human
The effect--drug, you know--wearing off. She woke up--for a few moments. Now getting some natural sleep.
gpt
Did she seem comfortable?
human
Comfortable? he repeated with a laugh.
gpt
The physical _relief_, you know.... Whatever happens now, she's free from pain, she's bound to feel better and better.... When I was wounded, there were times when I thought I couldn't bear it; the nurses told me that I said quite clearly, 'It's _no_ use hurting me any more; I _can't_ stand it.' Dear souls! as if _they_ could help it! And one _did_ stand it.... But, when the pain began to abate, when you didn't have to keep yourself braced up against it, I went as limp as a rag. It was like the end of a long fever.... After that, whether I was asleep or awake, I always knew that the real hell was over. There might be little twinges in unexpected places, but the pain was _over_, _over_. And the feeling of weakness was so delicious! Like an endless repetition of the glorious moment when you're just dropping off to sleep.... That's how Sonia is now.
human
She's had a frightful time, he told us,
gpt
And the child?
human
Oh, he's all right.