human
This is a curious interval in the woods, I said, looking up and down.
gpt
I should almost be tempted to think a river once flowed down here.
human
Oh, no, she answered;
gpt
And yet, dear Bessy, I answered,
human
True, true, she cried eagerly,
gpt
And what is it?
human
No, no, she answered,
gpt
I won't tell you now; I should only frighten myself; and in ten minutes we shall be at Nat Turner's cottage, for this is the boundary of Mr. Travis's property. We will come back the other way, for the sun will then throw the shade more northerly, and that will bring us to the house where uncle Jack, as they call him, pays a visit every year.
human
Is that the old man you spoke of yesterday?
gpt
Yes; and very old he is, she replied;
human
He is a slave, then,
gpt
Oh no, she answered;
human
He must, indeed, be an extraordinary man to create such feelings in his favour,
gpt
The most extraordinary thing of all, perhaps, added she,
human
That is, indeed, extraordinary, I answered;
gpt
Hear this man talk in a dark room, and you would not know him from an American,