human
There's too much light, she said.
gpt
Don't move. I'll do it.
human
Isn't that ever so much better?
gpt
Well, perhaps it is.
human
Cosier, more intime.
gpt
I'm going to have a cigarette.
human
A teeny Russian one.
gpt
That's it.
human
I'm glad you couldn't work in the little room. If you had been able to we should never have had this.
gpt
We!
human
And, she continued,
gpt
I feel this is the beginning of great things for you. I feel as if, without meaning to, I'd taken you away from your path, as if now I understood better. But I don't think it was quite my fault if I didn't understand. Claudie, do you know you're terribly reserved?
human
Am I?
gpt
Well, aren't you? Two whole months, and you never told me you couldn't work.
human
I hated to, after you'd taken so much trouble with that room.
gpt
I know. But, still, directly you did tell me, I perfectly understood. I --she spoke with distinct pressure--
human
I am a wife who can understand. Don't you remember that night at Jacques Sennier's opera?
gpt
Yes.
human
Didn't I understand then? At the end when they were all applauding? I've got your letter, the letter you wrote that night. I shall always keep it. Such a burning letter, saying I had inspired you, that my love and belief had made you feel as if you could do something great if you changed your life, if you lived with me. You remember?
gpt
Yes, Charmian, of course I remember.