human
Tell me, Esmay, what does it mean? Where is Ugo?
gpt
Ugo has deserted us--like the rats, answered the girl.
human
And the situation--it is just this. She stopped and took a swallow of water.
gpt
It is three months now since she--the mother--slipped away from our arms, and of course the pension stopped with her. I gave the last handful of tokens to Ugo to settle up his wages. So you see I'm a beggar. It's a woman against the world, and one of us will have to devour the other. Lucky, isn't it, that I woke up desperately hungry? That means that I'll make a fight for it. Have the first bite.
human
Esmay! You know that I have still my widow's rate.
gpt
Yes, and I also know that it is barely enough to keep one body and soul together; the two of us would only starve by inches. No use, Nanna, we must take things as we find them. But isn't it strange--