human
Come down to the river with me, Joshua, she said.
gpt
I want to talk to you.
human
Isn’t it a heavenly place?
gpt
It is indeed. We could have found no lovelier to make our camp.
human
Our _home_, Joshua.
gpt
Our _home?_
human
Yes, dear, our home. I came here last night after you had all gone to bed and communed long with God. I feel that it is His hand that led us here. Why go farther into the wilderness, dear heart? Why brave farther the perils of heat and drought and physical suffering? Here we have timber, water, grass for our cow and horses, shade and protection for ourselves, good land, apparently everything that we need to make our new home. Why go any farther? Why not call our journey ended and locate right here?
gpt
Thee has taken me completely by surprise, Hannah! he said after a blank silence.
human
I had never thought of such a thing. Thee knows that from the first our plan was to go to the Niobrara——
gpt
But why go to the Niobrara? Why not locate right here on the Blue? she answered with a little laugh.
human
Isn’t it just as good? There appears to be land enough around here, heaven knows!