human
Randall Byrne.
gpt
Here's what comes of pretendin', Kate. I been pretending to be too sick to walk, and now I _can't_ walk; and if I'd pretended to be well, I'd be ridin' Satan right now!
human
Where's Dan?
gpt
Upstairs getting ready for the trip.
human
Trip?
gpt
He's riding with Doctor Byrne to town and he'll bring back Doctor Byrne's horse.
human
They's a lot of things can happen on a long trip like that, Kate.
gpt
But we have to try him, she said.
human
We can't keep him here at the ranch all the time. And if he really cares, Dad, he'll come back.
gpt
And you let him go of your own free will?
human
I asked him to go,
gpt
Of course it's going to come out all right,
human
I asked him when he'd be back, and he said he would be here by dark to-night.
gpt
He don't never slip up on promises, he said.
human
But oh, lass, I'll be glad when he's back again! Buck, how'd you and Dan come along together?
gpt
We don't come, answered Buck gloomily.
human
I tried to shake hands with him yesterday and call it quits. But he wouldn't touch me. He jest leaned back and smiled at me and hated me with his eyes, that way he has. He don't even look at me except when he has to, and when he does I feel like someone was sneaking up behind me with a knife ready. And he ain't said ten words to me since I come back. He paused and considered Kate with the same dark, lowering glance.
gpt
To-morrow I leave.
human
You'll think better of that, nodded Joe Cumberland.
gpt
Here's the doctor now.