human
You are late, yes.
gpt
And you waited--so long?
human
I am always waiting for you, Merne, said she. She used the Elizabethan vowel, as one should pronounce
gpt
with no sound of
human
--
gpt
Mairne,
human
I am always waiting for you, Merne, said she.
gpt
But I long ago learned not to expect anything else of you. She spoke with not the least reproach in her tone.
human
No, I only knew that you would come back in time, because you told me that you would.
gpt
And you did not fear for me, then--gone overnight in the woods?
human
You know I would not. I know you, what you are--born woodsman. No, I trust you to care for yourself in any wild country, my son, and to come back. And then--to go back again into the forest. When will it be, my son? Tomorrow? In two days, or four, or six? Sometime you will go to the wilderness again. It draws you, does it not?