human
Good! ... Do I understand she’s living in the Five Towns now?
gpt
Yes, said Ingpen, after a hesitation. He spoke in a peculiar, significant voice, carefully modest. The single monosyllable conveyed to Edwin:
human
I cannot deny it. I was necessary to this woman, and in the end she followed me!
gpt
In fact, said Ingpen,
human
Why do you say a thing like that?
gpt
Because I think I should be a fool to marry.
human
Why?
gpt
Marriage isn’t worth the price--for me, that is. I daresay I’m peculiar. Ingpen said this quite seriously, prepared to consider impartially the proposition that he was peculiar.
human
The fact is, my boy, I think my freedom is worth a bit more than I could get out of any marriage.
gpt
That’s all very well, said Edwin, trying to speak with the same dispassionate conviction as Ingpen, and scarcely succeeding.
human
But look what you miss! Look how you live!