human
Ward, you certainly are--the limit! You know as well as I do that that doesn't make a particle of difference. If I had been a boy instead of a girl, and had bucked the world for a living, I'd probably have done worse; and, anyway, it doesn't matter! Her voice rose as if she were growing desperate.
gpt
I--I--like you--to pieces, Ward, and I'd--I'd rather marry you--than anyone else. But I don't want to think about that for a long while. I don't want to be engaged, or--or any different than the way we've been. It was good to be just pals. It was like my pretend Ward. I--I always wanted him--to love me, but I wouldn't play that he--told me, Ward. Oh, don't you see?
human
I see. Ward spoke dully, evenly, and he still stared at the coffee-pot with that gimlet gaze of his that made Billy Louise want to scream.
gpt
I see a whole lot that I'd been shutting my eyes to. Why don't you feel insulted--
human
Ward Warren, if you're going to act like a--a--