human
Oh, Nap, she said, and there was a sound of heart-break in her words,
gpt
What a pity! What a pity!
human
Why? he demanded fiercely.
gpt
I have the right to speak--to claim my own. Are you going to deny it--you who always speak the truth?
human
You have no right, she answered, still with her face averted.
gpt
No man has ever the faintest right to say to another man's wife what you have just said to me.
human
And you think I will give you up, he said,
gpt
I am not going to say anything unkind to you. You have already borne too much for my sake. But--you must know that this is the end of everything. It is the dividing of the ways--where we must say good-bye.
human
Is it? he said. He looked down at her with his brief, thin-lipped smile.
gpt
Then--if that's so--look at me--look at me, Anne, and tell me that you don't love me!
human
That being so, he said very deliberately,
gpt
Oh, hush! she said.
human
Hush! She turned towards him, her face white and agitated.
gpt
I will not listen to you, Nap. I cannot listen to you! You must go.