human
And you will not tell me where we are going? she insisted,
gpt
said the former finally, after apparently turning the matter over slowly in his mind.
human
Yer don't know nuthin' 'bout this country. 'Tain't no place a tenderfoot like you kin find yer way back frum; so, as fer as I see, thar ain't nuthin' fer yer to do but just naturally wait till we takes yer back.
gpt
I am to be held a prisoner--indefinitely?
human
I reckon so; not that I knows enything 'bout the programme, miss; but that's 'bout the understandin' that Matt an' I has--ain't it, Matt?
gpt
Sure; we're just ter take keer of yer till he comes.
human
Lacy?
gpt
Er--some word from him, miss. It might not be safe for him to come himself. Yer see, apologetically,
human
I don't just know what the game is, and Bill might want to skip out before you was turned loose. I knowed wunst when he was gone eight months, an' nobody knowed where he was--do yer mind thet time, Joe, after he shot up Medicine Lodge? Well, I reckon thar must be some big money in this job, an' he won't take no chance of gettin' pinched. That seems to be the trouble, miss--you've sorter stuck yerself in whar it warn't none o' yer business. Thet's what got Lacy down on yer.
gpt
Yes; but what is it to you, and--and Mr. Sikes, here?
human
Nuthin' much ter me, or ter--ter Mr. Sikes--how's it sound, Joe?--'cept maybe a slice o' coin. Still there's reason fer us both ter jump when Bill Lacy whistles. Enyhow thar ain't no use a talkin' 'bout it, fer we've got ter do what we're told. So let's shut up.
gpt
You say you do not know what this all means?
human
No, an' what's more, we don't give a damn.
gpt
But if I told you it was robbery and murder---that you were aiding in the commission of crime!
human
It wouldn't make a plum bit o' difference, ma'm, said Sikes deliberately,