human
How long have you been waiting, Molly?
gpt
Ever since I got back. I slipped out of the house when the rest had gone to bed. If you hadn't come back, Sandy, I should have died.
human
I don't have to go back east, she said presently. They had left the corral and were under the big cottonwoods by Patrick Casey's grave.
gpt
Do I?
human
I don't reckon you can, even if you wanted to, answered Sandy.
gpt
I forgot to tell you, Molly, that you're bu'sted, so far's the mine is concerned. Listen.
human
Is that all? She patted the turf on the green mound.
gpt
I'm sorry, Daddy, for you, it didn't pan out bigger. But I guess what you wanted most was my happiness--and I've got that. She turned to Sandy. The big bell of the ranch boomed brassily. Molly put her hand in Sandy's.
human
It may be most unromantic, Sandy dear, she said,