human
It must have been the narration of your happiness that caused me to lose control of myself, I felt the contrast between it and my own state of mind so keenly, that I was quite overcome--Oh, Minnie, I would give every drop of mere earthly happiness to feel for one hour, what you have described!
gpt
Why, Mabel, of course you never needed to feel such a thing--you have known about these things all your life!
human
Ah, yes! replied Mabel,
gpt
I have known _about_ them, as you say, but I have never _known_ them. You know one may know all about a thing or person, and yet never know it or him by direct experience.
human
That is true, said Minnie, reflectively.
gpt
But why did you always try to interest me in them, when you really felt no good effect from them yourself?
human
Please don't ask me that! entreated Mabel,
gpt
It would be worse than useless for me to try to explain it, but it is a fact that I have never known such a change as you talk about--as what we call conversion must surely imply--so I have never been converted, and that is the reason, I suppose, why all my efforts to interest you were always vain. How could I hope to lead you to a Saviour I could not see myself?