human
Has Excellency sadness?
gpt
Not sadness, Sacha. I think--it is happiness.
human
And yet he sighs?
gpt
That is because our wandering begins again. The book is done. In a few days we go.
human
Not alone?
gpt
Certainly, alone! he said sharply.
human
Am I not always alone?
gpt
In my country, he suggested gently,
human
And if she chances to belong to some one else?
gpt
Then --with an eloquent thrust of the hand--
human
But seeing that the hint was unlikely to bear fruit, he added dispiritedly,
gpt
Excellency is not, however, a peasant. Sometimes to be a peasant is good.