human
Anna! Thank God I have found you at last. But you have not finished surely. Your second turn is not over, is it?
gpt
Have you not heard? she said.
human
For me there is no second turn. I have said good-bye to it all. They hissed me!
gpt
Beasts! he muttered.
human
But was it wise to sing to-night?
gpt
Why not? The man was nothing to me.
human
You have not seen the evening paper?
gpt
No. What about them?
human
They are full of the usual foolish stories. To-morrow they will all be contradicted. To-night all London believes that he was your husband.
gpt
That is why they hissed me, then?
human
Of course. To-morrow they will know the truth.
gpt
Is this hansom for me? she said.
human
Thank you--and good-bye.
gpt
I am coming with you,
human
Don't!
gpt
You are in trouble, he said.
human
No one has a better right than I to be with you.
gpt
You have no right at all,
human
I have the right of the man who loves you, he declared.
gpt
Some day you will be my wife, and it would not be well for either of us to remember that in these unhappy days you and I were separated.
human
This is all madness, she declared wearily.
gpt
Do you think it is fair of you to persecute me just now?
human
It is not persecution, Anna, he answered gently.
gpt
Only you are the woman I love, and you are in trouble. And you are something of a heroine, too. You see, my riddle is solved. I know all.
human
You know all?
gpt
Your sister has told me.
human
You have seen her--since last night?
gpt
Yes.