human
Never mind how; but quite simply and naturally. I said to myself that I would try to become interested in you, even if only to a small degree; I would do everything in my power to forward it. It would be an acquired interest; still, acquired interests can be deep. People can become interested in music, in pictures, in sports, in that way; why not, then, in persons also, since they are more human?
gpt
That is the very reason--because they are too human,
human
I have studied you; I have tried to find the good in you; I have tried to believe in you, to idealize you. I have given every thought that I could control to you, and to you alone, for two long months,
gpt
It has been a failure?
human
Complete.
gpt
And if you had succeeded?
human
I should have been glad and happy. I should never have seen _you_ again, of course; but at least the miserable old feeling would have been laid at rest.
gpt
And its place filled by another as miserable!
human
Oh no; it could never have been _that_,
gpt
You tried a dangerous remedy, Margaret.
human
Not so dangerous as the disease.
gpt
A remedy may be worse than a disease. In spite of your scornful tone, permit me to tell you that if you had succeeded at all, it would have been in the end by loving me as you loved--I mean love--this other man. While I, in the meantime, am in love (as you are kind enough to inform me--hopelessly) with another woman! Is Beatrice a friend of yours?
human
My dearest friend.
gpt
Has it never occurred to you that you were playing towards her rather a traitorous part?
human
Never.
gpt
Supposing, during this experiment of yours, that I had fallen in love with you?
human
It would have been nothing to Beatrice if you had, responded Mrs. Lovell's friend instantly and loyally, although remembering, at the same moment, that Fiesole blush. Then, in a changed voice, and with a proud humility which was touching, she added,
gpt
It would have been quite impossible. Beatrice is the loveliest woman in the world; any one who had loved _her_ would never think of me.
human
Good-bye, said Morgan.
gpt
I shall go to-morrow. You would rather have me go. He took her hand, held it an instant, and then raised it to his lips.
human
Good-bye, he said, again.
gpt
Forgive me, Margaret. And do not entirely--forget me.
human
I am sorry he has gone, said Miss Harrison.
gpt
What in the world is he going to do at Trieste? Well, so goes life! nothing but partings! One thing is a consolation, however--at least, to me; the grandson of old Adam did not turn out a disappointment, after all.
human
I do not think I am a judge,