human
You? gasped the crying girl.
gpt
How--how did you come up here? And in all this snow? Oh, this is a wilderness--a wilderness! How do people ever live here, even in the summer? It is dreadful--dreadful! And I thought I should freeze.
human
Ida Bellethorne! gasped Betty.
gpt
Who would ever have expected to find you here?
human
I know I haven't any more business here than I have in the moon, said the English girl.
gpt
I--I wish I'd never left Mrs. Staples.
human
Mrs. Staples told us you had come up this way,
gpt
Then you--you found out? You know----
human
My poor girl! interrupted Betty, quite misunderstanding Ida's look,
gpt
I know all about your coming up here to find your aunt. And that was foolish, for the notice you saw in the paper was about Mr. Bolter's black mare.
human
Mr. Bolter's mare?
gpt
Now, tell me! urged the excited Betty.
human
Didn't you come to Cliffdale to look for your aunt?
gpt
Yes. That I did. But she isn't up here at all.