human
Ye wouldn't think she could be mine, lad! Ye don't wonder the little gal couldn't come up like the rest o' the young uns?
gpt
It wur a fair gal, Lord knows, said the old fish-wife who had followed them in;
human
Oh, my little gal!
gpt
Ye be fair an' white, said the old fish-wife, touching Noll's cheek with her skinny finger,
human
Sh!--ye let the lad alone, mother, said Dirk;
gpt
Oh, if I had only been more careful last night!--perhaps--perhaps Hagar's medicines could have helped it.
human
I must go now. I'm--I'm _so_ sorry I was too late!