human
I don't care how fast it goes, just so it can beat the river current, he urged.
gpt
Oh, she looks tough. No one will bid much, that's certain.
human
Have you figured on the fact that this boat is in the canal, and while only a mile from the river, you must go a long way by water to get there?
gpt
Yes, I know it is two hundred miles or more, clear out through the Mississippi and Chandeleur Sound, but that won't take long if she can move at all, he replied without hesitation.
human
You see, it is practically inland water all the way,
gpt
Hiram, are you still keeping away from Anna Bell Morgan? Don't you hear from her at all?
human
No--and, I never shall unless this matter is cleaned up completely. If I go to the bow-wows I won't take any one with me,
gpt
You haven't seen her for some time. Are you cooling off?
human
No, Ben, not one bit. That girl is the only one who has ever held me. I don't believe there is a half hour of the time that I am awake I do not think of her, and I believe it is the thought of her that makes me fight. I tell you it must be no halfway business. If they try to pin anything on me and have me arrested, which they may, some people will always believe me guilty even if I am acquitted. And if that comes to pass I don't believe I will ever see her again; in fact I told her so. It is a fearful thing to think of, and while we are making headway, the delay almost drives me wild when I stop to think about it,
gpt
You'll forget--most men do.
human
Yes--I may forget--I may not be different from other men, but I don't feel that way now, and I don't think I ever will,