human
Ever since we went to the Waterfalls that day I have been wanting to talk to you of the Phoul-a-Phooka.
gpt
But I have told you. Miss Winifred, the man replied, with some impatience,
human
But you didn't tell me when we were there,
gpt
It was better not. We have had listeners,
human
I was thinking, Winifred went on, changing the subject abruptly,
gpt
There's no saying, there's no saying! replied the stranger, absently.
human
There are mysteries, my girl; but the legend declares that it was the garment which the tailor carried that caused the beast to throw him off.
gpt
Are legends true?
human
Who knows? answered the old man, with the same dreamy air.
gpt
They hold a kernel of truth, every one of them.
human
The lady says many things are not true,
gpt
The lady! What lady?
human
The lady from America.
gpt
Oh, from America did you say? exclaimed the man, in a hushed and trembling voice, bending low and looking about him with a terror and anxiety which were almost grotesque.
human
Don't say that word, Miss Winifred! Don't now, my beautiful white flower of the mountain!