human
Is it that way with you? I repeated.
gpt
Do you see more clearly than ordinary folk?
human
Yes, sir--sometimes.
gpt
Not always?
human
No, sir.
gpt
But if you desire to penetrate the future and strive to do so----
human
No, sir, I can not if I try. Visions come unsought--even undesired.
gpt
Is effort useless?
human
Yes, sir.
gpt
Then this strange knowledge of the future comes of itself unbidden?
human
Unbidden--when it comes at all. It is like a flash--then darkness. But the glimpse has convinced me, and I am forewarned.
gpt
Could you tell me anything concerning how this war is to end?
human
I do not know, Mr. Drogue.
gpt
Have you any knowledge of what Fate intends concerning yourself?
human
No, sir.
gpt
Nothing regarding your own future? That is strange.
human
Nothing, by any chance, concerning me, Penelope?
gpt
Yes.
human
There is to be a battle, she said in a low voice.
gpt
Men will fight in the North. I do not know when. But there will be strange uniforms in the woods--not British red-coats.... And I know you, also, are to be there. Her voice sank to a whisper....
human
And there, she breathed,
gpt
When did this strange knowledge come to you?