human
In going in I forgot to tell you my errand from Mam Shebotha. She bade me bring the paleface to where she is herself. You see, I am taking her.
gpt
You cannot take her out of the _toldo_, rejoins the man in a tone of dogged denial.
human
You must not; Shebotha would kill me if I permitted it.
gpt
But I have Shebotha's command to do so.
human
How am I to know that?
gpt
You forget what I have said, and what I've given you.
human
No, I don't, he rejoins, holding the string up before her eyes, and shaking it till the teeth rattle.
gpt
There it is; but withal, I can't allow her, the paleface, to go with you. It might be as much as my life is worth.
human
But what is your life worth without liberty?