human
You may keep it always if you want to, Jeems, for I cut it from my head when I left you in the room below, and when you--almost--believed I had killed Kedsty. It was this--
gpt
That was father Donald's,
human
It--it was all he had left of Marie, his wife. And that night--when Kedsty died--
gpt
I understand, cried Kent, stopping her.
human
He choked Kedsty with it until he was dead. And when I found it around Kedsty's neck--you--you let me think it was yours--to save father Donald!
gpt
Yes, Jeems. If the police had come, they would have thought I was guilty. I planned to let them think so until father Donald was safe. But all the time I had here in my breast this other tress, which would prove that I was innocent--when the time came. And now, Jeems--
human
Oh, I feel so strong! And I want to take you out now--and show you my valley--Jeems--our valley--yours and mine--in the starlight. Not tomorrow, Jeems. But tonight. Now.