human
Have they come for us? Laure asked wearily.
gpt
Must we now begin to work? Well, so be it! I am ready.
human
Nay, dearest, exclaimed the other.
gpt
You need not go forth to-day. I have begged you off, because you are so worn and delicate. And see, sweet, they are serving out food. Here is some good broth and biscuit. Take it; it will nourish you.
human
But it is not right, Laure exclaimed,
gpt
No; no. Rest here till we come back. Then, to-morrow, if you are stronger, you shall assist. Nay, you must do so if you can; thereby the better to entitle you to your freedom. Oh! Laure, we must work for that freedom. Then--at last--we can go away and live together, and I can earn subsistence for both. Until we find your husband.
human
You are in truth an angel, Marion, the girl exclaimed, flinging her arms around the other's dark swarthy neck.
gpt
Oh! how--how could one as good as you have ever come within the law's clutches. How----
human
Hush! Hush! I have been an awful sinner; I have deserved my fate, I have been swayed and mastered by one passion after another--by love, jealousy, hate, revenge. God forgive me! We southern women are all like that! Yet--if I should live----
gpt
If you live! You shall, you must live! Oh! Marion, my guide, my sister----
human
Ah, your sister! Yes! Say that again. Yet, she cried, springing to her feet,
gpt
Never; knowing you are coming back to me.