human
Don't think me crazy because I have come here to you in this way, she entreated.
gpt
Don't think me bold! Oh, if you could know how I have longed for somebody with whom I could talk! I saw you were a gentleman. I knew my father would not introduce me to you, but I resolved to see you, hoping you would talk to me--hoping you would tell me of the things going on in the world.
human
I shall be glad to do so, said Merry, gently.
gpt
But don't you have any papers, any letters, anything to tell you the things you wish to know?
human
Nothing--nothing! I am dead to the world. You were writing. Have I interrupted you?
gpt
No; I am through working on my play to-night.
human
Your play? she cried, eagerly.
gpt
What are you doing with a play? Perhaps--perhaps----
human
I am writing a play, Frank explained.
gpt
That is, I am rewriting it now. I wrote it some time ago and put it on the road, but it was a failure. I am going out again soon with a new company.
human
Then you must know many actors, she said.
gpt
Perhaps you know him?
human
Know whom?
gpt
Lawton--Lawton Kilgore.
human
Never heard of him.
gpt
I am so sorry, she said.
human
I hoped you might be able to tell me something about him. If you can tell me nothing, I must tell you. I must talk to somebody. You see how it is. Mother is dead. Father sent me to school in the East. It was there that I met Lawton. He was so handsome! He was the leading man in a company that I saw. Then, after the company disbanded for the season, he came back to spend the summer in the town where I was at school. I suppose I was foolish, but fell in love with him. We were together a great deal. We became engaged.
gpt
I didn't write father about it, she went on,
human
They? Who?
gpt
My father and my brother, she answered.
human
They were furious enough to kill him. They swore they would.