human
Now! Let me see, he said musingly.
gpt
We had agreed that it would be best never to meet again, that to keep the memory of that night fresh in our minds, a souvenir for old age, it were wisest to part then. Well, we can keep the memory of it for our old age; it will be a little secret between us, and we shall talk it over on just such nights as this.
human
Isn't this oak the most beautiful you have ever seen?
gpt
The most beautiful in all the world;
human
Think of it! It's many centuries old. Empires and kingdoms have risen and vanished. It was here when Michelangelo and Raphael and Titian were ragamuffins in the populous streets; it was leafing when Petrarch indited pages to his Laura; when Dante gazed melancholily upon his Beatrice--Oh, what a little time we have!
gpt
Then let us make the most of it,
human
I have waited patiently for weeks.
gpt
What, again?
human
Observe.
gpt
Why, there is a break in it!
human
So there is;
gpt
Is it possible for me to come through?
human
There is one way.
gpt
Put the caskets before me, Portia; I shall not be less wise than Bassanio.
human
A camel and the needle's eye.
gpt
That referred to the rich man. All the world loves a lover, even the solemn old prophets.
human
Are you sure?
gpt
Why did you send this to me?
human
There can be but one reason,
gpt
Friendship.