human
You have safe--ah, you have safe me, and so I will do it yet by help _bon Dieu_--yes.
gpt
What time, if please? he asked.
human
I t'ink nine hour, but no sure.
gpt
It is near nine,
human
Nine--dat is good. The moon rise at 'leven; den I go. I go on, he said,
gpt
You go on--how can you go on?
human
Will you not to show me?
gpt
Show you what?
human
The queeck way to Askatoon, he said, as though surprised that she should ask.
gpt
They say me if I get here you will tell me queeck way to Askatoon. Time, he go so fas', an' I have loose a day an' a night, an' I mus' get Askatoon if I lif--I mus' get dere in time. It is all safe to de stroke of de hour, _mais_, after, it is--_bon Dieu_!--it is hell then. Who shall forgif me--no!
human
The stroke of the hour--the stroke of the hour!
gpt
You will show me queeck way. I mus' be Askatoon in two days, or it is all over, he almost moaned.
human
Is no man here--I forget dat name, my head go round like a wheel; but I know dis place, an' de good God, He help me fin' my way to where I call out, _bien sûr_. Dat man's name I have forget.
gpt
My father's name is John Alroyd, she answered, absently, for there were hammering at her brain the words,
human
Ah, now I get--yes. An' your name, it is Loisette Alroy--ah, I have it in my mind now--Loisette. I not forget dat name, I not forget you--no.
gpt
Why do you want to go the 'quick' way to Askatoon?
human
You not like smoke, mebbe?
gpt
I forget ask you, he said.
human
Dat journee make me forget. When Injun Jo, he leave me with the dogs, an' I wake up all alone, an' not know my way--not like Jo, I think I die, it is so bad, so _terrible_ in my head. Not'ing but snow, not'ing. But dere is de sun; it shine. It say to me, 'Wake up, Ba'tiste; it will be all right bime-bye.' But all time I t'ink I go mad, for I mus' get Askatoon before--_dat_.
gpt
Why do you want to go the 'quick' way to Askatoon?
human
To save him before _dat_!
gpt
What is _that_?
human
Dat hanging--of Haman,