human
Esmay!
gpt
Don't be angry, Nanna, but something is going to happen. I've got to laugh or to cry--I don't know which.
human
My dear! my dear! is it really you? I can't believe it. After these dreadful three months in which you have hardly said as many words. It would be a miracle, if there were any saints in Doom to work one.
gpt
A miracle!
human
Indeed, it almost needed that to bring me to myself, said the girl, gravely.
gpt
But now I see things clearly; it seems almost as though the mother herself had stood beside me and drawn the veil away. It was Ugo, though, who really did it,
human
Ugo! echoed the other, indignantly.
gpt
And, if you please, where is the fellow? The candles have not been lighted, the fire is dying out, and not a sign of supper visible. It is unbearable, Esmay, and he shall pack this very night.
human
But Nanna!
gpt
I won't listen to a word.
human
You will. He has gone already.
gpt
Now don't dare to move until I am back with wood and a light. Not a word, sister mine--if you love me.
human
This is a thousand times better than Ugo's boards and barrel-staves, said Esmay, triumphantly, and transferred the fuel to the hearth, where it presently burst into a cheerful flame.
gpt
There are three or four boxes of the stuff in the cellar, enough to last us all winter. Now for the lamp.
human
It will last until bedtime,