human
Oh, heavens, she cried, making a supreme effort to control herself,
gpt
I must stop crying! What a disgrace it would be if any of those people should see me!
human
He was glad of it. For a while he was sympathetically silent, and then he said, kindly,
gpt
Countess Erika, would you rather keep your sorrow to yourself, or will you confide it to me?
human
Ah, it was not a sorrow, she explained,--
gpt
I think you do me injustice, Countess Erika, he interposed.
human
I can understand you perfectly, although I have grown up in the midst of it all.
gpt
I felt as if I hated the people, she went on, her large melancholy eyes flashing angrily,
human
--she named these characteristics in a perfectly frank way, as if they were elements but lately introduced into her life,--
gpt
--she clinched the hand that held the poor wet handkerchief--
human
Poor Countess Erika! he murmured, very gently.
gpt
It is one of the miseries of this life to remember our dead and to be powerless to be kind to them. All that we can do is to bestow as much love as we can upon the living.
human
But whom have I to bestow my love upon? Erika cried, with such an innocent insistence that, in spite of his pity, Goswyn could hardly suppress a smile.
gpt
I cannot offer it to my grandmother: she would not know what I meant, and would simply think me ill.
human
But in fact, he said, now openly amused,
gpt
You mean that----
human
I mean that--that----