human
You were born for great things, he said huskily.
gpt
For great passions, for great accomplishments. Will you find your destiny, I wonder, or will you go through life like so many others--a wanderer, knocking ever at empty doors, homeless to the last? Oh, if one could but find the way to your heart.
human
Dear friend, she said,
gpt
You were never born, he declared,
human
he added, after a moment's pause,
gpt
Young? I am twenty-four.
human
Yet you are very young. Anna, why will you persist in this single-handed combat with life?
gpt
Don't!
human
But I must, I will, he answered fiercely.
gpt
Oh, I know you would stop me if you could. This time you cannot. You are the woman I love, Anna. Let me make your future for you. Don't be afraid that I shall stunt it. I will give you a broad free life. You shall have room to develop, you shall live as you will, where you will, only give me the right to protect you, to free you from all these petty material cares.
human
Dear friend, she said,
gpt
Ay, he repeated, looking away from her.
human
Useless--worse than useless.
gpt
You are foolish, she declared, with a note of irritability in her tone.
human
You would appear to be trying to destroy a comradeship which has been very, very pleasant. For you know that I have made up my mind to dig a little way into life single-handed. I, too, want to understand--to walk with my head in the light. Love is a great thing, and happiness a joy. Let me go my own way towards them. We may meet--who can tell? But I will not be fettered, even though you would make the chains of roses. Listen.
gpt
It is too late for visitors, she remarked.
human
I wonder would you mind seeing who it is.