human
And now, Everet?
gpt
I told you I had come from New York instead of Washington?
human
Yes.
gpt
Well, she is there.
human
Yes?
gpt
Yes. She could not remain in Washington any longer. She has been in New York for six months now.
human
What is she doing?
gpt
The last year she was there was a disastrous one for her. The old set were enraged by certain of her desperate exploits in finance, and she did not get on with the new. It was impossible for her to remain there any longer, so she sought a new field in New York.
human
Well? Braine speaks obstinately.
gpt
Go on.
human
She went to New York and began living on a large scale--she still lives on a large scale--but Helen is a fine-grained woman to her finger tips, no matter what she has done. The Washington politician is bad enough, but the New York politician is a good deal worse--to a woman. When Helen sinks to the street commissioner and the sheriff, she is to be pitied. And it will come to that. Now that she has left the field that she was so long mistress of, she will not be able to reach the superior villains--no: that is hard on them. I'll call them men--we're all men.
gpt
No, Helen cannot carry on transactions with her kind any more, and she must use these others. Then, continuing grimly,
human
How she will bring herself to assimilate with--
gpt
Everet--you--you are speaking of Helen.
human
Forgive me, Braine. I--forgot it.
gpt
Do you think it would be of any use to go to her, Everet? I would tell her that I loved her just the same, you know, and want her back; or do you think I had better wait awhile,--until she is ready to return of herself?
human
No, Braine. It is better for you to--wait. It would do no good for you to go. There is no use in your putting yourself in the way of affront--
gpt
I should not mind that,
human
No--not if it would do any good. But it would be useless. I know what I say, Braine. I--I have seen her. She would not return--she would not see you.