human
This is what I wished to prevent,
gpt
But you could not prevent it; you did your best--it was in vain, said Caroline comfortingly.
human
Don't grieve, Shirley.
gpt
I am sorry for those poor fellows, was the answer, while the spark in her glance dissolved to dew.
human
Are any within the mill hurt, I wonder? Is that your uncle?
gpt
It is, and there is Mr. Malone; and, O Shirley, there is Robert!
human
Well (resuming her former tone),
gpt
He is coming here towards us, Shirley!
human
Towards the pump, that is to say, for the purpose of washing his hands and his forehead, which has got a scratch, I perceive.
gpt
He bleeds, Shirley. Don't hold me. I must go.
human
Not a step.
gpt
He is hurt, Shirley!
human
Fiddlestick!
gpt
But I _must_ go to him. I wish to go so much. I cannot bear to be restrained.
human
What for?
gpt
To speak to him, to ask how he is, and what I can do for him.
human
To tease and annoy him; to make a spectacle of yourself and him before those soldiers, Mr. Malone, your uncle, et cetera. Would he like it, think you? Would you like to remember it a week hence?
gpt
Am I always to be curbed and kept down?
human
For his sake, yes; and still more for your own. I tell you, if you showed yourself now you would repent it an hour hence, and so would Robert.
gpt
You think he would not like it, Shirley?
human
Far less than he would like our stopping him to say good-night, which you were so sore about.
gpt
But that was all play; there was no danger.
human
And this is serious work; he must be unmolested.
gpt
I only wish to go to him because he is my cousin--you understand?
human
I quite understand. But now, watch him. He has bathed his forehead, and the blood has ceased trickling. His hurt is really a mere graze; I can see it from hence. He is going to look after the wounded men.