human
Perhaps you did, he persisted. Then, as she remained silent,
gpt
Did you?
human
I don't know that one could call it that,
gpt
But you don't know that one couldn't.
human
I can't define what I felt at all.
gpt
It was just enough, he pursued, in his bantering tone,
human
It was that--then.
gpt
But it's more--now. Isn't it?
human
I don't think you've any right to ask.
gpt
That's good!--considering we're to be man and wife.
human
We're to be man and wife on a very distinct understanding to which I'm perfectly loyal. I mean to be loyal to it always--and to you. I shall give you everything you ever asked for. If there are some things--one thing in particular--out of my power to give you, I've said so from the first, and you've told me you could do without them. If what I can't give you I've given to some one else--because--because--I couldn't help it--that's my secret, and I claim the right to guard it.
gpt
You've the merit of being clear,
human
You force me to be clear, she declared, with heightened color,