human
I was struck very much the other day by a face which I saw just for a moment.
gpt
It was that of a child, he said, somewhat gravely.
human
It was a beautiful face, I suppose; but it was not that which specially attracted my attention. I only caught a glimpse--the merest glimpse--of it, but it brought back the past to me as in a flash.
gpt
Strange!
human
Yes, it was very strange, went on Roderick.
gpt
I was standing at the corner of Twenty-third Street, waiting to cross, and it must be owned that I was thinking of anything else than Ireland and my past life there. You know what a crowd there is at that particular place. Suddenly a carriage stood still an instant, delayed by the traffic; and out of it looked that exquisite child-face, full of wonder, of curiosity, and, I thought, of sadness.