human
I have disturbed you, Miss Lottka, said I.
gpt
Forgive me, I will go away at once. I happened to be passing by--and as the night was so beautiful--as since yesterday you--Would you be so kind as to give me a glass of bishop, Miss Lottka?
human
What have you been reading? I began again after a pause, walking the while up and down the shop.
gpt
A book from the lending library? Such a torn shabby copy is not fit for your small white hands. Allow me--I have a quantity of charming books at home--romances too--
human
Pardon me, she quietly rejoined.
gpt
I have no time to read romances. This is a French Grammar.
human
You are studying by yourself then?
gpt
I already speak it a little, I wish to understand it more thoroughly.
human
Miss Lottka, said I after an interval, during which I had regained courage from a contemplation of the gruff old Blücher in the smaller room.
gpt
Are you happy in the position that you occupy at present?
human
How come you to put such a question?
gpt
Pray do not attribute it to heartless curiosity, I went on, in my excitement upsetting a small pyramid of biscuits.
human
Believe that I feel a genuinely warm interest in you-- If you need a friend--if anything has happened to you--you understand me-- Life is so sad, Miss Lottka--and just in our youth--