human
So, Mary, you're at it again?
gpt
But they sha-n-t! She seemed to take flame.
human
It's not right to Andrew nor me. They do it just to mock me, and I know it, and oh! I don't care, but they sha'n't, they sha'n't!
gpt
Mary, said Joshua, all the smoldering anger of the years coming in his voice,
human
Mary, I think it's time you stopped being a fool. We've all had enough of it, Mary. Andrew is dead.
gpt
You say it _now_? You _know_ now? Perhaps you've just made sure; perhaps you've seen his body washed up on one of the beaches--just to-day? Or then why so tardy, Joshua? If you _knew_, why couldn't you say it in so many words ten years ago--five years ago? _Why_?
human
Because----
gpt
Yes, because? Because? There was something incredibly ruthless, tiger-like, about this shadow-dwelling woman.
human
Say it now, Joshua; that you know of a certainty Andrew went down. I dare you again!
gpt
I know of a certainty Andrew went down that night.