human
But such things do not happen in real life, she argued in her sane, honest mind.
gpt
She wouldn’t have been hiding in those bushes just when I stopped to eat! I’m getting wild to fancy such things, wild!
human
See here, child, she said one day when Donelle was brooding and sad,
gpt
You’ve been very sick and you’re weak yet, but while you were at the worst you remembered, and it will all come back again soon.
human
What did I remember, Mamsey?
gpt
Oh, you told of travels with your father, then with inspiration,
human
Yes, she said dreamily;
gpt
Well, child, he died.
human
Yes, I think I knew he was dead. Did you know my father, Mamsey?
gpt
Yes, child, long ago. He must have been bringing you to me when something happened. Then you were ill and the Sisters took you——
human
But why did they not bring me to you?
gpt
I think they did not know. You forgot what had happened. Your father was dead——
human
Yes, I see. But always I was trying to get away. Many times I did get out of the gates, but always they found me until the time when I found you. Things happen very queer sometimes.
gpt
Mamsey, did you know my mother, too?
human
Yes, child.
gpt
Was she a good—mother?