human
I once learned, the archbishop’s head drooped slightly in the reminiscence and his eyes rested full upon his visitor,
gpt
Kimberly did not break the silence and the archbishop spoke on.
human
You see I am quite old enough myself to be your father. I remember reading an account of your baptism.
gpt
Any recollection of my mother, he said slowly,
human
It is very pleasant to be remembered, he repeated uncertainly, as if collecting himself.
gpt
I shall never forget what you have just told me. And I thank you now for the prayers you said for my mother when she brought me into the world. Your grace, he added abruptly,
human
I am greatly perplexed.
gpt
Tell me frankly, how and why.
human
I came here with some confidence of getting what I should ask for. I am naturally a confident man. Yet my assurance deserts me. It seems, suddenly, that my mission here is vain, that my hopes have deluded me--I even ask myself why I have come. I could almost say I am sorry that I have come.
gpt
Believe me, it is not other than for good that you have come,
human
I cannot tell for what good, added the archbishop as if to say he could not answer the unspoken question.
gpt
But believe me, you have done right and not wrong in coming--of that I am sure. Tell me, first, what you came to tell me, what it is in your heart that has brought you here.