human
What is that sound? I whispered.
gpt
Do you hear it?
human
Aye.
gpt
I hear it also.... Is it imagination? Is there a horse on the highway? Why, I tell you there is!... There _is_! Do you think he rides express?
human
Out o' the North, my lord,
gpt
I said. My imagination caught fire, flamed, and I stood shivering and crushing her fingers in my grasp.
human
Why--why--do you think so? I stammered.
gpt
He's turned into William Street! He gallops this way! Damnation! He heads toward the Hall!--No! _No!_ By God, he is in our street, galloping--galloping----
human
Express-ho! I pass! I pass!