human
As he stood looking at her, something tightened in his throat; he broke out into the very last thing he had meant to say:
gpt
Elizabeth?-forgive me!
human
I ought to die, you know,
gpt
Elizabeth, dearest! When I love you so?
human
My darling,
gpt
I wish you would go away.
human
Elizabeth, let me tell you how I love you.
gpt
Love me? she said;
human
Elizabeth! he protested;
gpt
She had not gone as far as that yet. Her fall had been so tremendous that if she had any feeling about him, it was nothing more than the consciousness that he too, had gone over the precipice.
human
Please go away,
gpt
Dearest, listen; you are my wife. If--if I hurried you too much, you will forgive me because I loved you so? I didn't dare to wait, for fear--
human
Fear of what?
gpt
Oh, don't look at me that way! I love you so that it kills me to have you angry at me!
human
I am not angry with you, she said, faintly surprised;
gpt
You have got to live!--or I'll die, he said.
human
I love you, I tell you I love you! His outstretched, trembling hands entreated hers, but she would not yield them to his touch; her shrinking movement away from him, her hands gripped together at her throat, filled him with absolute terror:
gpt
Elizabeth! _don't_-- She glanced at him with stony eyes. Blair was suffering. Why should _he_ suffer? But his suffering did not interest her.
human
Please go away,
gpt
Elizabeth, I _must_ come in! You must have some food.
human
...
gpt
A nice beginning for a honeymoon, said the chambermaid,