human
We are really not very new friends, he said to the governess one day.
gpt
I knew you through your poem. We met in the spirit before we met in the flesh.
human
Nobody need be solitary nowadays, answered Eve, brightly.
gpt
I have many such spiritual friends, whom I shall probably never see with my bodily eyes. Don't you think that one of the joys of eternity will be in finding out what we have done for each other unconsciously? I am often unspeakably grateful for the printed words that have helped me on.
human
Do you find many companions in Mr. Gold's house?
gpt
No, she said, frankly.
human
You know what it is to like people, and yet have no affinity with them. The Golds' life is a perpetual pleasure-hunt. Parents and children join in the chase from morning till night; there is little rest or stillness in the house. I should be scarcely sorry to leave it.
gpt
Are you thinking of leaving it?
human
Not yet. Indeed, I have no other home, she answered.
gpt
I had a hope, last year, that one might be provided for me; but that is over now.