human
Disgraceful! I've been howling like some wretched girl! I must have been absurd and disgusting. I will go away by the back stairs . . . . But that would seem as though I took my hysterics too seriously. I ought to take it as a joke. . . .
gpt
Here I am, he said, smiling; he felt agonisingly ashamed, and he felt others were ashamed in his presence.
human
Fancy such a thing happening, he said, sitting down.
gpt
I was sitting here, and all of a sudden, do you know, I felt a terrible piercing pain in my side . . . unendurable, my nerves could not stand it, and . . . and it led to this silly performance. This is the age of nerves; there is no help for it.