human
I suppose it is, he repeated,
gpt
He looked up at Iglesias, his squinting eyes full of apology and admiration.
human
Yes, I am sadly poor-spirited and I have no excuse. I have been nursing a sense of injury towards those to whom I have most occasion for gratitude--the wife and you. Dominic, believe me I am heartily ashamed of myself.
gpt
Come, come, Iglesias answered, brought very much back to earth, yet touched and softened.
human
My dear friend, you of all men have small cause for self-reproach. In every relation of life--and our knowledge of one another dates back to early youth--I have found you perfect in loyalty and unselfish kindness.
gpt
Praise from you is very encouraging, he managed to say at last.
human
But I am afraid I do not deserve it. I have felt mortified lately sometimes, and I am afraid envious. I--but after your last words I am more than ever ashamed to own it--I have fancied that you were becoming distant and that an estrangement was growing up between us. Of course I have always understood, though we happened to be school-fellows and in the same employment afterward, that your position and mine were different. And I want you to know that I would never be a clog on you, Dominic --he spoke with an admirably simple dignity--
gpt
But why should I want to go to a more fashionable part of London?
human
Well, you see, the other returned, his face growing furiously red,