human
I shan't alarm you, he said.
gpt
I shan't even ask you to answer me, much less to treat me kindly. But you've got to hear me, that's all. I'm not telling you for my own sake, only because Luke has ordained that you must know. I daresay you thought it strange that I should have come back so soon. It probably made you wonder.
human
It did,
gpt
I knew it would. A note of grim satisfaction sounded in the rejoinder. He jerked his head a little with a touch of the old arrogance.
human
Well, I am here to explain. I knew the odds were dead against me when I started--as they are to-day. All the same you are to understand that I came back when I did because I had just heard that you were free and I was mad enough to dream that in spite of everything I should one day persuade you to marry me.