human
Dear mother, she stammered out,
gpt
Donate has just given me this. It is from _him_. Will you read it.
human
Read it yourself, said her mother,
gpt
Oh mother, whispered the girl,
human
I cannot see to read it. There is a cloud before my eyes--I know that it is a farewell!
gpt
Give it me, said Frau Helena.
human
He asks you, she said, after a pause,
gpt
I should have died, dearest mother, if he had not loved me. Then her mother took her upon her knee as she had not done since she was a child, pressed her closely to her heart, and said with trembling voice,
human
God bless you, my good children: you have to make up to me for much.