human
Do not grieve so, she whispered.
gpt
I am so strong. I shall recover all right. Tell me, did you find any lion?
human
No, not where we went. That's why we came back. They were on this side.
gpt
Then I did have the first shot at lion in this camp, as you said I ought to. How strange it all seems! I shot it out there to the east of the camp. I want you to have that skin. Will you send after it? Get it before it is spoiled, and always keep it. Everest, you know--I saved her--for _you_.
human
I know, I know, he answered, and his voice told her the words were wrung out of his inmost soul.
gpt
But I only want you. It has all been a mistake, and I felt I could not explain. You are my very life, dearest, no one else is anything.
human
Come, come, this won't do! broke in upon them from the door.
gpt
No talking, no excitement, please.