human
You here!
gpt
Paul, he replied, and his melodious voice slightly trembled.
human
We will not act a part. We--we have been fond of each other, you and I. But believe me if this were to go on I could not stand it. I know where you are going: I was bound the same way myself. You love her--do not attempt to deny it. I found it out at once.
gpt
And what if I do love her? cried I, half-defiant and half-ashamed.
human
I confess that the impression she has made on me--
gpt
Come here under the gateway, said he.
human
We are blocking up the way, and you speak so loud you will attract attention. You see I was right; indeed I should have been surprised if it had not turned out thus. But you will agree that it is impossible to go on. One or other must retire.
gpt
Very well, returned I, endeavouring to assume an inimical and dogged expression.
human
One of us must retire. Only I do not see why it should be I. Just because I am the younger by two stupid years, though as advanced a student as yourself.
gpt
Besides, I hastily added,
human
That is true, he said.
gpt
But none the less I cannot find it in my heart to enter into a contest with you; and then you are the bolder, the more fluent, I should give up the game beforehand if we were both to declare our feelings for her: you know what I mean.
human
If this be so, I rejoined, looking with artificial indifference through the dark gateway into a garden where a lonely rose-tree blossomed;
gpt
(I did not reckon those seven hours snatched in a chair)