human
Don't!
gpt
I might have known it, he said, bitterly.
human
Yet he who has been false to friendship may betray love as well.
gpt
He is dead,
human
Constans--dead!
gpt
Hanged at the yard-arm of the _Black Swan_. But Quinton Edge still lives.
human
You loved him?
gpt
Yes, I loved him--that is for you and all the world to know. But be comforted; he cared not a whit for me. That, in the end, was made plain enough.
human
But he still stands between us?
gpt
Yes,
human
There is nothing--no way in which I can serve you?
gpt
Nothing. I am going back to Arcadia House, but I shall have Nanna with me. There is nothing to fear.
human
What can you do against Quinton Edge? He is the master--our master.
gpt
I do not know; I have not thought. But I can watch and I can wait.
human
Waiting! If that were all----
gpt
No, no! it could not be.
human
You must go now, she went on, gently.
gpt
Ulick, dear Ulick, I am sending you away, but, indeed, it is better so. And I shall remember--always.