human
I have put the hair with the text, said Ourïeda.
gpt
Look, in its place this tiny bottle of white powder. Canst thou guess what it is for?
human
Thou hast guessed, the Agha's daughter said in a very little voice like a child's.
gpt
But I shall not use it if, when I have told him how I hate him, he consents to let me alone. If he is a fool, why, he brings his fate on himself. This is for his lips, if they try to touch mine.
human
But, Sanda gasped;
gpt
I know the word in thy mind. It is 'murderess.' Yet my conscience would be clear. It would be for the sake of my love--to keep true to my promise at any cost. And the cost might be my life. They would find out; they would know how he died. This is no coward's act like smiling at a man and giving him each day powdered glass or chopped hair of a leopard in his food, which many of our women do, to kill and leave no trace. If I break, I pay.