human
Rum sort of a pet, said Graves.
gpt
What?
human
Rum? I said.
gpt
It's horrible--it isn't decent--it--it ought to be taboo. Don's got it sized up right. He--he wants to kill it.
human
Please don't keep calling her It, said Graves.
gpt
She wouldn't like it--if she understood.
human
You can speak her language?
gpt
A few words--Tog ma Lao?
human
Na!
gpt
Aba Ton sug ato.
human
Nan Tane dom ud lon anea!
gpt
She says she isn't afraid of the dog, said Graves,
human
I almost hope he won't, said I.
gpt
Come outside. I don't like her. I think I've got a touch of the horrors.
human
Graves, I said,
gpt
Oh, that doesn't worry me, said Graves.
human
But I _am_ worried--worried sick. It's early--shall we talk now, or wait till after lunch?
gpt
Now,
human
Well, said he,
gpt
Why, yes, I said.
human
If she didn't give a man the horrors right at the start--I can understand making a sort of pet of her--but, man, there's only one thing to do. Be persuaded. Take her back where you found her, and turn her loose.
gpt
Well and good, said Graves.
human
I tried that, and next morning I found her at my door, sobbing--horrible, dry sobs--no tears.... You've said one thing that's full of sense: she isn't a pig--or a monkey--she's a woman.
gpt
You don't mean to say, said I,
human
I don't know what else you'd call it.
gpt
Graves, I said,
human
Miss Chester arrives by the next steamer. In the meanwhile something has got to be done.
gpt
What?
human
I don't know, I said.
gpt
Let me think.