human
He loves you, he loves you --continued Eve.
gpt
That's what you say. But _he_ never told you so.
human
He has told me so twenty times; he repeats it every time that we are alone together!
gpt
Yes, just as one says it to a little girl by way of amusing her. But he has never told you that he meant to marry you.
human
He told it me the last time he came. And it's settled. I'm simply waiting for him to get his mother's consent and make his formal offer.
gpt
You lie, you lie, you wretched girl! You simply want to make me suffer, and you lie, you lie!
human
It is I he loves! Only the last time I spoke to him, he swore to me--you hear me?--he swore upon his honour that he did not love you, and that he would never marry you!
gpt
Ah! my poor mamma, you really make me sorry for you! What a child you are! Yes, really, you are the child, not I. What! you who ought to have so much experience, you still allow yourself to be duped by a man's protests! That one really has no malice; and, indeed, that's why he swears whatever you want him to swear, just to please and quiet you, for at heart he's a bit of a coward.
human
You lie, you lie!
gpt
But just think matters over. If he no longer comes here, if he didn't come to _dejeuner_ this morning, it is simply because he's had enough of you. He has left you for good; just have the courage to realise it. Of course he's still polite and amiable, because he's a well-bred man, and doesn't know how to break off. The fact is that he takes pity on you.
human
You lie, you lie!
gpt
Well, question him then. Have a frank explanation with him. Ask him his intentions in a friendly way. And then show some good nature yourself, and realise that if you care for him you ought to give him me at once in his own interest. Give him back his liberty, and you will soon see that I'm the one he loves.
human
You lie, you lie! You wretched child, you only want to torture and kill me!