human
You will be hating me for this, hating me--yes? she questioned; then, finding me all regardless of her, she plucked me by the sleeve.
gpt
Ah--and will you not speak to me? cried she. Turning from her, I began to pace aimlessly along beside the lagoon but she, overtaking, halted suddenly in my path.
human
Your boat would have leaked and swamped with you, Martino! said she, but heeding her no whit I turned and plodded back again, and she ever beside me.
gpt
I tell you the cursed thing would ha' gone to pieces at the first gust of wind!