human
It is good to live, Onawa.
gpt
Even when son and husband are taken away, and the light fails, and all the ground is dark, it is still good to live, went on the voice.
human
Why the good God gives this love of life we may not know.
gpt
Give me more drink,
human
Our father shall soon pass into the spirit land, went on the stern woman, unheeding her request.
gpt
He is old, but 'tis not age that saps his strength. Honour has departed from him. He has lost the headship, and another fills his office.
human
As this life continues we find trouble. You have lost beauty, and I a son. We shall not regain that which we have lost. Sisters in blood we are, and sisters in unhappiness also.
gpt
I have brought sorrow into your life,
human
And shall do so again. This night you have brought the enemy of my people out from Acadie. There was a time when you betrayed my son into the hands of him who now spurns you from his side. That which is done cannot be undone, and God shall punish.
gpt
Why, then, have you brought me here? cried Onawa fiercely.
human
Why did you not leave me to perish, that you might be rid of me for ever?