human
Certainly, Richard--I forgot--I did not think of it; but I have been terrified and shocked. I will try directly; and approaching the table, she said,
gpt
Let me try, gentlemen; I have had to do this before. Mr. Thornton, I think I can soon staunch the blood.
human
Get hence, girl! You have been the ruin of me and mine. We have never seen you, spoken to you, thought of you, I do believe, without some evil happening to us. Touch me not! Your very name has been a plague to us.
gpt
And well it might, Billy Thornton, said a bluff old gentleman, who had come with the sheriff,
human
Hush! hush! said the sheriff.
gpt
This is no time or place for recriminations. We must do the best we can to stop the bleeding ourselves, as he refuses the kind aid of hands that would do it better. Sir Richard, you had better take Miss Bessy away out of the cabin, and get her some water; she looks faint. Send off one of the men to the Thornton old place, and bid them bring down a mattress and a cart. You had better let Mr. Henry Thornton and Billy Byles know you are here, and then ride away with them to my house; it is the nearest, and, though but an old bachelor's residence, you will find a dear old maid there--my sister--who will make it comfortable to you, and cheer this young lady. Come, Miss Bessy, do not look so sad. All will go well, yet; and we who stand here living this day, without having lost our nearest and dearest, have much to thank God for.
human
We have, indeed! said Bessy;