human
As long as I can?
gpt
Yes. Let your own mind run on the ambitions of a proud man, a strong man. Ambition--power--place--these things will all be yours in the coming years. They belong to any man of ability such as yours, and I covet them for you. I shall pray always for your success; but success makes men forget.
human
I want to see you happy after a time--with some good woman at your side--your children by you--in your own home. I want everything for you which ought to come to any man. And yet I know how hard it is to alter your resolve, once formed. Captain Lewis, you are a stubborn man, a hard man!
gpt
Yes, I do not seem to change, said he simply.
human
I hope I shall be able to carry my burden and to hold my trail.
gpt
Fie! I will not have such talk on a morning like this.