human
As soon as it's light enough, we'll get a boat and go down the river,
gpt
But it is absurd to jump at such a conclusion,
human
You don't know her,
gpt
No; you don't know her.
human
All the same, I don't believe it! Mrs. Richie said, emphatically.
gpt
For one thing, Blair says that her comb and brush are not on her bureau. A girl doesn't take her toilet things with her when she goes out to--
human
Elizabeth might,
gpt
Oh, that money! It's that that has made all the trouble. Why did I say I wouldn't give it up? I'd throw it into the fire, if it would bring her back to me!
human
Did you go to the depot? she said.
gpt
Perhaps she took the night train. The ticket-agent might have seen her.
human
But why should she take a night train? Blair said;
gpt
Why should she do a great many things she has done? Mrs. Richie parried; and added, softly,
human
I want to speak to you, Blair; come into the parlor for a minute. When they were alone, she said,--her eyes avoiding his;
gpt
I have an idea that she has gone to Philadelphia. To see me.
human
You? But you are here!
gpt
Yes; but perhaps she thought I went home yesterday; you thought so.
human
I will telegraph--
gpt
No; that would be of no use. The servants couldn't answer it; and--and there is no one else there. I will take the morning express, and telegraph you as soon as I get home.
human
But I can't wait all day! he said;
gpt
I will wire-- he paused; it struck him like a blow that there was only one person to whom to wire. The blood rushed to his face.
human
You think that she has gone to him?
gpt
I think she has gone to me, she told him, coldly.
human
What more natural? I am an old friend, and she was angry with you.
gpt
Yes; she was, but--
human
As for my son, said Mrs. Richie,
gpt
--she stumbled a little over this;
human
I assure you that if he were he would have no desire to see your wife.
gpt
If she is at your house, tell her I won't keep the money. I'll make Nannie build a hospital with it; or I'll ... tell her, if she will only just come back to me, I'll--
human
Blair, Robert Ferguson said, from the doorway,
gpt
If she has gone to you, if she is alive, he said,
human
My son has no interest in your money!
gpt
Oh, he said, brokenly,
human
He did not see her relenting, outstretched hand; for the first time in a life starved for want of the actualities of pain, Blair was suffering; he forgot embarrassment, he even forgot hatred; he touched fundamentals: the need of help and the instinctive reliance upon friendship.
gpt
David would help me! he said, passionately;