human
One would almost fancy that you had heard of me,
gpt
Well, she said,
human
No, said Brooke, a trifle astonished.
gpt
I certainly did not. He was a good deal too heavy, as a matter of fact, and I was not very fit to drag myself. But when did this quite unwarranted narrative come out, and what shape did it take?
human
You had almost nothing to eat for a week when you started across the range to bring the doctor out. That must have been horrid--and what did it feel like?
gpt
I really don't know, he said.
human
I should recommend you to try it.
gpt
And then the poor man was dead when you got there--I 'most cried over him. There was a good deal about it. It must have been creepy coming upon him lying in the dark.
human
Now, he said,
gpt
I know how the story got out. I didn't think the doctor would be guilty of anything of that kind, but no doubt he told the little schoolmaster at the settlement, who is a friend of his, and, I believe, addicted to misusing ink. Still, you see, the thing is evidently inaccurate. Do I look as if I could do without anything to eat for a week?
human
Well, she said, with a little twinkle in her eyes,