human
No, she said, as if she were shaking off the influence of the tempter,
gpt
I must not listen to you. Yet you don't seem to think that it costs me anything to ask you to bid me good-bye once and for all. It should be less to you than to me. A girl thinks of these things more than a man--she has little else to think of; he goes out into the world and forgets. And you--you will go away, and you will become such a man as all who know you will love to speak of and be proud of; and some day you will come back; and if you like to come down to the inn, then there will be one or two there glad to see you. Mr. Trelyon, don't ask me to tell you why this should be so. I know it to be right: my heart tells me. Now I will say good-bye to you.
human
And when I come back to the inn, will you be there? said he, becoming rather pale.
gpt
No: you will be married to a man whom you will hate.
human
Indeed, no, she said, with her face flushing and her eyes cast down.
gpt
How can that be after what has taken place? He could not ask me. All that I begged of him before he went away was this--that he would not ask me to marry him; and if only he would do that I promised never to see you again--after bidding you good-bye, as I do now.
human
And is that the arrangement? said he rather roughly.
gpt
Are we to play at dog in the manger? He is not to marry you himself, but he will not let any other man marry you?
human
Surely he has some right to consideration,
gpt
Well, Wenna, said he,
human
You won't say that, just as we are parting, she said in a low voice.
gpt
Do you think it is nothing to me?
human
Now, said he, with his face white as death,
gpt
Yes, I will say that,
human
Swear it, then.
gpt
I have said that I will never marry any other man than you, she said,