human
Do you mean to tell me you _like_ living at this--er--Y. W. C. A.?
gpt
And you are contented to work at the Union Stock Yards?
human
No, I don't say that; but it's a stepping-stone to better things, don't you see? It's a living for me for the present, and perhaps by and by I'll sell some of my poems and stories, and then I'll be able to leave the yards.
gpt
When on earth do you get _time_ to write, if you work all day from nine till five-thirty?
human
Sometimes I get up very early, I said,
gpt
But you will kill yourself working in that way.
human
No, I won't, I declared eagerly.
gpt
I'm awfully strong, and, then, writing isn't work, don't you see? It's a real pleasure, after what I've had to do all day, really it is, a sort of balm almost.
human
But you can't keep that up. I don't want you to. I want you to go to school, to begin all over again. If you can, you must forget these days. I want you to blot them out from your mind altogether.
gpt
Wouldn't you like to go to school?