human
Oh, you will help me now, this once, this once when I beg it; you will help me? As she spoke she clutched his arm. Her voice dropped to a whisper.
gpt
Father, don't let them murder him--don't, oh, please, father--for me, won't you save him for me--won't you let him out of jail now?
human
Lila, child, the Judge held out his hand unsteadily,
gpt
If Mr. Ahab Wright was in jail as Grant is and the workmen had the State government, what would the law say? she answered. Then she gripped his hands and cried:
human
Oh, father, father, have mercy, have mercy! We love him so and it will kill Kenyon. Grant has been like a father to Kenyon; he has been--
gpt
Tell me this, Lila, the Judge stopped her; he held her hands in his cold, hard palms.
human
Who is Kenyon--who is his father--do you know?
gpt
Yes, I know,
human
Tell me, then. I ought to know,
gpt
There is just one right by which you can ask, she began.
human
But if you refuse me this--by what other right can you ask? Oh, daddy, daddy, she sobbed.
gpt
In my dreams I call you that. Did you ever hear that name, daddy, daddy--I want you--for my sake, to save this man, daddy.
human
Well, daughter, he answered,
gpt
Grant,
human
Then you are going to marry an illegitimate--
gpt
I shall marry a noble, pure-souled man, father.
human
But, Lila--Lila, he rasped,
gpt
O father--father--daddy, have you no heart--no heart at all? She looked beseechingly up into his face and before he could reply, she seemed to decide upon some further plea.
human
Father, it is sacred--very sacred to me, a beautiful memory that I carry of you, when I think of the word 'Daddy.' I have never, never, not even to mother, nor to Kenyon spoken of it. But I see you young, and straight and tall and very handsome. You have on light gray clothes and a red flower on your coat, and I am in your arms hugging you, and then you put me down, and I stand crying 'Daddy, daddy,' after you, when you are called away somewhere. Oh, then--then, oh, I know that then--I don't know where you went nor anything, but then, then when I snuggled up to you, surely you would have heard me if I had asked you what I am asking now.