human
Some people follow their dreams through life, and never get more than a glimpse of them, even as dreams, said Harding, slowly.
gpt
Well, I have seen mine. I have had a good look at it. I know what it is like. It is dreary--it is narrow--cold--hideous.
human
Oh! cried Barbara, as if his words hurt her. Then, recovering herself,
gpt
I'm sorry you dislike it so much. Well, you must give it up, mustn't you?
human
Life without a fancy, without a desire?
gpt
Find something else to wish for.
human
What? If there were anything else, should I care twopence for Mitchelhurst? No, it is my dream still--a dream I'm never likely to realise, but the only possible dream for me. Only now I know how poor and dull my highest success would be.
gpt
You had better have stayed away,
human
Oh, you know what I mean,
gpt
Yes, I know. And, except for the kindness of your fairy godmother, I believe you are perfectly right. _That_, of course, is a different question.
human
You see the place at its worst, she said,
gpt
she exclaimed, with sanguine, bright-eyed directness, as if the fortune were an easy certainty,
human
he said, with a sudden startled significance in his tone. Then, with an air of prompt deference,
gpt
Shall I go and make the fortune at once, Miss Strange? Shall I? Yes, I think I could care for Mitchelhurst, as you say, _if_-- He smiled.
human
One might do much with a fortune, no doubt.
gpt
Make it then,
human
Must it be a very big one?
gpt
Oh, I think it may as well be a tolerable size, while you are about it. Hadn't we better be moving on?
human
Where are we going now?
gpt
To the church. That is, if you care to go there.
human
Oh, I like to go very much. I wonder what you would call a tolerable fortune,
gpt
My opinion doesn't matter.
human
But you are going to wish me success while I am away making it?
gpt
Oh, certainly.
human
That will be a help, he said gravely.
gpt
I shan't look for an omen in the sky just now--do you see how threatening it is out yonder?