human
So you've made up your mind, Winnie?
gpt
Yes. I can't go on with it. And it's a good moment. The newspapers come to-morrow, and, if what Hobart Gaynor told me was right, there'll be something about me in them.
human
Yes, I remember. Well, if you're set on doing it, that doesn't make such a bad--occasion. Mrs. Lenoir was considering how the 'occasion' could best be twisted into a justification of previous silence. With the Major that would not be so much a pressing question--other factors would probably decide his action--but it was a point that her friend the General might raise. She looked thoughtfully at Winnie.
gpt
How much do you like him?
human
I like him as much as I know him, but I don't know him very much. I shall know a little more to-morrow. She paused.
gpt
I should like the life, the whole thing, very much, I think.
human
She's not in love, but she'd take him,
gpt
I'm sorry to act against your advice, after all you've done for me. It does look ungrateful.
human
Oh, I don't expect people to give up their liberty, just because I'm fond of them. She rose.
gpt
I'm off to my room, my dear. Good night--and good luck.