human
Eros, she said at length,
gpt
I feel that I must go--I must go with this friend of ours. Do you know him, Eros? He is your friend as well as mine. You might have gone with us; but that was not to be. We shall not know marriage here, and we shall seem to be separated for a time. But if your love for me has been as great as mine for you, the memory of it, and the faith in what is to come, will heal the worst of the parting. Oh, my love, say it shall be so!
human
You are crazy--both of you! cried Eros, wrestling with the fear that beset him, and striving to speak in an assured and masterful tone.
gpt
What has Mortimer to do with you, Psyche? You are mine, and whoever pretends to take you from me is my enemy!
human
Eros--Eros! exclaimed the girl, with passionate earnestness,
gpt
Death shall not have you! cried Eros, starting to his feet; and such was the vehemence of his rebellious anger that he felt ready to defy even Omnipotence.
human
What have I done that I should lose you? I have loved you truly and faithfully--why should not my love have its rightful fulfilment? It shall not go for naught and end in dust and ashes! As for this future you talk about, what is it? a misty possibility--an indefinite surmise--nothing! I say it is unjust and tyrannical, and I will not submit! Come to me, Psyche!