human
Beth!
gpt
Come here,
human
Uncle Josiah untrue to us! she said, without moving from her place at the window.
gpt
I cannot believe it. There must be some mistake.
human
There is absolutely no mistake about it. I should like to believe it more than you. I have even tried to make myself believe that my imagination was getting the better of me. But he was up here only last night, and confirmed all my fears.
gpt
Uncle Josiah untrue! He could not be after all you have done for him. You loaned him money, and helped him fix up his place. Why, Father,----
human
That is the thing that makes it hurt so, broke in the Elder.
gpt
He seems ungrateful for all I have done. I don't care half as much for the praises of people inspired by a crowd as I do for one kind word from an individual whom I have helped.
human
Some one has influenced Uncle Josiah, if he has taken this attitude against you.
gpt
I have had the same fear. But even that would not excuse him for cursing me and threatening me with violence under my own roof.
human
It amounts to that, my dear. The things he said to me last night are too vulgar to repeat. He swore vengeance against me. I am compelled to take a certain action against him, and naturally he is not able to see----
gpt
Father! cried the girl.
human
Then, it is you who are threatening to do something against him.
gpt
So it seems to him on the face of the action I must take. But at bottom it is an act of true friendship. He does not know the particulars, and I am in no position to explain.
human
What is it you are going to do?
gpt
I must request that you ask me no questions. You are not familiar enough with the law to comprehend.