human
Nannie, tell me everything.
gpt
Tell me,
human
How do you know that Elizabeth had broken with David Richie? her stepmother said. Nannie silently handed her Blair's letter. Mrs. Maitland took up her candle, and holding it close to the flimsy sheet, read her son's statement. Then she handed it back.
gpt
I see; some sort of a squabble; and Blair-- She stopped, almost with a groan.
human
His _friend,_ she said, and her chin shook;
gpt
Mamma! Nannie protested--she was sitting up in bed, her hair in its two braids falling over her white night-dress, her eyes, so girlish, so frightened, fixed on that quivering iron face;
human
Mamma! remember, he was in love with Elizabeth long ago, before David ever thought--
gpt
In love with Elizabeth? He was never in love with anybody but himself.
human
Oh, Mamma, please forgive him! It's done now, and it can't be undone.
gpt
What has my forgiveness got to do with it? It's done, as you say. It can't be undone. Nothing can be undone. Nothing; nothing. All the years that remain cannot undo the years that I have been building this up.
human
Lie down. Go to sleep. She put her big roughened hand gently on the girl's head.
gpt
Go to sleep, my child.
human
It is--Elizabeth,