human
So you are in favour of free love?
gpt
Sometimes. Not always. Between cultivated people.
human
And do you think me ... cultivated?
gpt
Listen. Shall I speak to you seriously?
human
I wish you would.
gpt
I consider neither you nor Miss Hope suited for free love.
human
So I am not cultivated?
gpt
I don't mean it in the sense of being civilized. I mean modern culture.
human
So I am not modern.
gpt
No,
human
Teach me to be modern.
gpt
Oh, don't let us talk like this! You want to know my advice. I advise you not to marry Urania.
human
Why not?
gpt
Because you would both of you have a wretched life. She is a dear little American parvenue....
human
I am offering her what I possess; she is offering me what she possesses....
gpt
Then marry her,
human
Tell me that you don't want me to and I won't.
gpt
And your father? And the marchesa?
human
What do you know about them?
gpt
Oh ... everything and nothing!
human
You are a demon! he exclaimed.
gpt
An angel and a demon! Tell me, what do you know about my father and the marchesa?
human
For how much are you selling yourself to Urania? For not less than ten millions?
gpt
But the marchesa thinks five enough. And a very handsome sum it is: five millions. Which is it, dollars or lire?
human
You are a devil! he cried.
gpt
You are an angel and a devil! How do you know? How do you know? Do you know everything?
human
Everything.
gpt
But how?
human
Tell me.
gpt
No. It's my secret.
human
And you think that I ought not to sell myself?
gpt
I dare not advise you as regards your own interest.
human
And as regards Urania?
gpt
I advise her not to do it.
human
Have you done so already?
gpt
Once in a way.
human
So you are my enemy?
gpt
No, she said, gently, wishing to conciliate him.
human
I am a friend.
gpt
A friend? To what length?
human
To the length to which I wish to go.
gpt
Not the length to which I wish?
human
Oh, no, never!
gpt
But perhaps we both wish to go to the same length?