human
I am going away, she said, holding out her hand to him,
gpt
she went on, with the old movement of her thin lips;
human
Why must it be settled now? said Vincent. He had dropped her hand and turned away from her with a certain repugnance. She had lost her power over him. At that moment the idea of being cruel, tyrannical to somebody--using his power harshly, balancing the pain in his own heart by inflicting pain on another--was not unagreeable to the minister's excited mind. He could have steeled himself just then to bring down upon her all the horrible penalties of the law.
gpt
Why must it be settled? he repeated;