human
Why art thou here? she cried piteously.
gpt
O Gunga, go? leave me.
human
No, Tara, not now, said the girl--
gpt
she continued to the woman.
human
You are kind. Go now. I have that to say to my sister which no one must hear. Go! We are priestesses, and will serve the Mother in our own fashion. But if I need shelter for her, wilt thou give it?
gpt
Ah, replied the dame,
human
True, replied Gunga absently;
gpt
she continued, stretching out her hands to her imploringly when the woman had gone out--
human
O Tara, look up! look up, and see if I be like what I was;--cast me not away now, for we are both in the like misery! O Mother! she cried to the image on the altar,
gpt
O, kill me, Mother--O, kill me, Mother! Tara heard her cry, in a passionate burst of weeping;
human
Mother--O Mother, I am true, I am not lying; bid her trust me! bid her trust me!
gpt
Gunga, she said,