human
I will send a servant to you. Refresh yourself; and in half-an-hour I will come again.
gpt
Genifrede! cried Moyse, as she entered and leaned against the wall, unable to go farther.
human
Genifrede! And was not that your father who admitted you? Oh, call him, Genifrede! Call him back! I must see him. If you ask him, he will come. Call him back, Genifrede!
gpt
If you are engaged, Moyse, said she in a sickening voice,
human
No, no, my love. But I must see your father. Everything may depend upon it.
gpt
I will go--as soon as I can,
human
You shall not go, my love--my Genifrede, cried Moyse, supporting her to a sofa.
gpt
I did not know--I little thought--Are you all here?
human
No; I came to see you, Moyse. I told you how it would be if we parted.
gpt
And how will it be, love?
human
Oh, how can you make me say it? How can you make me think it?
gpt
Why, Genifrede, you cannot suppose anything _very_ serious will happen. What frightens you so? Once more I ask you the old question that we must both be weary of--what frightens you so?
human
What frightens me! she repeated, with a bewildered look in her face.
gpt
Were we not to have been married as soon as you were relieved from your command here? And are you not a prisoner, waiting for trial--and that trial for--for--for your life?
human
Never believe so, Genifrede! Have they not told you that the poor blacks behaved perfectly well from the moment they met me? They did not do a single act of violence after I went to them. Not a hand was raised when they had once seen me; and after I had put them into good-humour, they all went to their homes.
gpt
Oh, is it so? Is it really so? But you said just now that everything depended on your seeing my father.
human
To a soldier, his honour, his professional standing, are everything--