human
I was a cripple when we began. When we stopped I felt as if I could climb to a peak. And she said nothing memorable. But I had been in her atmosphere.
gpt
And you are very susceptible to atmosphere.
human
Too susceptible. That's why I keep so much to myself.
gpt
I know--the cloister.
human
It's not a natural life, the life of the cloister.
gpt
Perhaps you mean to come out.
human
I don't know what I mean. I am all at a loose end lately.
gpt
Since when?
human
I hardly know. Perhaps hearing about Africa, of that voyage I might have made, unsettled me. I'm a weakling, I'm afraid.
gpt
Very strong in one way.
human
Very weak in another, perhaps. It would have been better to go and have done with it, than to brood over not having gone.
gpt
You are envying Charmian?
human
Some days I envy everyone who isn't Claude Heath, he answered evasively, with a little covering laugh.
gpt
Of one thing I am quite sure, that I wish I were a male Miss Fleet. She knows what few people know.
human
What is that?
gpt
What is small and what is great.
human
And you found that out in five minutes at a concert?
gpt
Elgar's is music that helps the perceptions.