human
Expected you! But naturally--
gpt
Yes, I know. Well, that's how it is! I can't work in this house.
human
I don't want to assume any absurd artistic pose, he continued.
gpt
I hate the affectations sometimes supposed to belong to my profession. But it's no use pretending about a thing of this kind. There are some places, some atmospheres, if you like to use the word generally used, that help anyone who tries to create, and some that hinder. It's not only a matter of place, I suppose, but of people. This house is too small, or something. There are too many people in it. I feel that they are all bothering and wondering about me, treading softly for me. He threw out his hands.
human
I don't know what it is exactly, but I'm paralyzed here. I suppose you think I'm half mad.
gpt
No, no; great artists are always like that. They are always extraordinary.
human
You would be like that. I should have known.
gpt
Oh, as to that--
human
I understand, Claudie. You needn't say any more.
gpt
What is to be done now? We have taken this house--
human
Of course we shall stay in this house. It suits us admirably. Besides, to move simply because--
gpt
Your work comes before all.
human
I think the best thing to do, he said,
gpt
Capital! she said.
human
Then you'll be quite isolated, and you'll get on ever so fast. Won't you?
gpt
I think probably I could work.
human
And you will. Before we married you worked so hard. I want --she got up, came to him, and put her hand in his--
gpt
I want to feel that marriage has helped you, not hindered you, in your career. I want to feel that I urge you on, don't hold you back.
human
It will be all right, he said,