human
Pierre! Pierre! she said in a half-frightened way, yet with a sort of pleasure lighting up her face; and she stepped forward to him. One of the brothers was about to pull her away, but Pierre whipped out his commission.
gpt
Wait, he said.
human
That's enough. I'm for the law; I belong to the mounted police. I have come for the girl you stole.
gpt
So you've come to fetch her away, he said,
human
--he shook the paper.
gpt
Well, by-- Suddenly he stopped.
human
Come, he said,
gpt
You wish to go back to your father, to Jimmy Throng? He then gave her Throng's message, and added:
human
He sits there rocking in the big chair and coughing --coughing! And then there's the picture on the wall upstairs and the little ivory brush--
gpt
I hate them all here, she said.
human
I never knew them. They forced me away. I have no father but Jimmy Throng. I will not stay, she flashed out in sudden anger to the others;
gpt
I'll kill myself and all of you before I marry that Borotte.