human
What have you in that hand?
gpt
Ah! said the old man,
human
I want to find the country whence the shadows fall,
gpt
I dare say you do. So do I. But meantime, one thing is certain.--What is that key for, do you think?
human
For a key-hole somewhere. But I don't know why I keep it. I never could find the key-hole. And I have lived a good while, I believe, said Mossy, sadly.
gpt
I'm not sure that I'm not old. I know my feet ache.
human
Do they? said the old man, as if he really meant to ask the question; and Mossy, who was still lying in the bath, watched his feet for a moment before he replied,--
gpt
No, they do not. Perhaps I am not old either.
human
Get up and look at yourself in the water.
gpt
You have tasted of death now, said the old man.
human
Is it good?
gpt
It is good, said Mossy.
human
It is better than life.
gpt
No, said the old man: it is only more life.--Your feet will make no holes in the water now.
human
What do you mean?
gpt
I will show you that presently.
human
Follow me.