human
So you see, she concluded, in her quiet voice,
gpt
I came to understand that it was a choice between taking it from him and taking it from the poor women papa had ruined; and I thought that as he was young--and strong--and a man--he'd be better able to bear it. That was the reason.
human
You're extraordinary, by Jove! he muttered.
gpt
You're not a bit like what you look. You look so fragile and tender; and yet you could have let that old man--
human
I could only have done it if it was right. Nothing that's right is very hard, you know.
gpt
And what about the suffering?
human
Don't you think we make more of suffering than there's any need for? Suffering is nothing much--except, I suppose, the suffering that comes from want. That's tragic. But physical pain--and the things we call trials--are nothing so terrible if you know the right way to bear them.
gpt
So, he began again, in his tone of conducting a court-martial--
human
None, except that he makes no effort to do it.
gpt
And do you suppose he would? When you've prepared your ambush cleverly enough you don't have to go out and drag your victim into it. You've only to lie still and he'll walk in of his own accord.
human
Of course I see that.
gpt
Well, what then?
human
My God, what a wife for _me_! he was saying to himself.
gpt
She's got the pluck of a Jeanne d'Arc and the nerve of a Christian martyr.
human
Well, then, she said, in answer to his words--
gpt
Does that mean that there are conceivable conditions in which you might want to?
human
I shall have to let you find your own reply to that.
gpt
But you know he's in love with you.
human
I know he was in love with me once. I've no absolute reason to think that he is so still.
gpt
But supposing he was? Would it make any difference to you?
human
Would it make any difference to _you?_
gpt
It would make the difference--