human
I remember sitting here with your mother, the night you children were lost, Mrs. Richie said.
gpt
Oh, Nannie dear, you must move out of this house; it is too gloomy!
human
Where _can_ she have gone?
gpt
She would have made him dreadfully unhappy, Helena Richie thought;
human
But alas! David did not know that he had had an escape. She sighed, remembering that talk on the beach, and those wicked things he had said,--things for which she must be in some way to blame.
gpt
If he had had a different mother, she thought, heavily,
human
A sudden shock of terror jarred all through her--_could Elizabeth have gone to David?_ The very thought turned her cold; it was as if some slimy, poisonous thing had touched her. Then common sense came in a wave of relief:
gpt
Of course not! Why should she do such an absurd thing?
human
It's a quarter to two, Nannie said.
gpt
He hasn't come; she must be at the hotel.
human
I'm sure she is,
gpt
Let's wait five minutes, Nannie said;
human
Of course it's all right,
gpt
It gave me a terrible scare, Nannie confessed, and turned out the gas.
human
I had a perfectly awful thought, Mrs. Richie; a wicked thought. I was afraid she had--had done something to herself. You know she is so crazy when she is angry, and--
gpt
Oh, Mrs. Richie! Oh--
human
Well? Well?
gpt
Not there. . . .