human
You see, Mamsey, there was no other way, I had to do something quick. But, and here she smiled dimly,
gpt
How did you know your father left me?
human
Pierre Gavot told me!
gpt
When?
human
And you came back because of that? You believed I was——
gpt
I knew you were my mother, and I could not hurt you as my father had. You had never hurt him. I had to do his part. But now, Mamsey, I am glad, oh! so glad, for now I understand everything that life meant for me. I’m safe here with you and Tom and I mean to—pay—pay. You know I always said I would pay, if I were part of life, and I will!
human
Whose step is that outside? she asked suddenly. The two had not noticed, but to Jo’s
gpt
Come
human
Father, Jo said solemnly,
gpt
This child is not mine. I swear it before my God. Her father left me for another woman. Marcel can testify to that. My heart broke within me, and later, when my poor sister died, I went away. I went to—to Langley’s cabin in the woods. I fought out my trouble there, and then came back to my years of labour, that you all know of. I never knew, until long after, the black thoughts that were held against me. I lived alone—alone.