human
Of course you are, she asserted.
gpt
That's just where the beauty of it all comes in. You're the veriest infant. One has only to look into your face to see that.--Don't go and freeze up now. You belong to another order of doctrine and practice to that current in contemporary society.
human
And that's just why you can be useful to me, awfully useful, if you choose--I don't mean money, business, anything of the kind. I'm perfectly competent to manage my own affairs, thank you. But you're good for me, somehow. You rest me.
gpt
Yes, you rest me, you rest me,
human
I am glad,
gpt
Yes, I believe you are, she said.
human
And that shows things have happened to you--in you, more likely--since we last met. You have come on a great piece.
gpt
I doubt if I have come on, so much as gone back, to influences of long ago, he answered;
human
Was it pleasant to go back?
gpt
Not at all. The going was painful. It required some courage to brush off the dust.
human
It usually does require courage--at least that's my experience--to brush off the dust.