human
So this is the end,
gpt
No doubt, in my way, he reflected,
human
I have been as great a disappointment to you as you to me. You brought me your great wealth, believing that I could use it towards securing just what you desired in the way of social position. Perhaps that might have come but for the war. Now I have become rather a failure.
gpt
There was no necessity for you ever to have gone soldiering,
human
As you say, he acquiesced.
gpt
Still, I went and I do not regret it. I might even remind you that I met with some success.
human
Pooh! she scoffed.
gpt
What is the use of a few military distinctions? What are an M.C. and a D.S.O. and a few French and Belgian orders going to do for me? You know I want other things. They told me when I married you, she went on, warming with her own sense of injury,
human
Your epitome of my later political career has its weak points, but I dare say, from your point of view, you have every reason for complaint, he observed.
gpt
Since I have failed to procure for you the position you desire, our parting will have a perfectly natural appearance. Your fortune is unimpaired--you cannot say that I have been extravagant--and I assure you that I shall not regret my return to poverty.
human
But you won't be able to live, she said bluntly.
gpt
You haven't any income at all.
human
Believe me, he answered quietly,
gpt
You wouldn't--