human
It struck me that you were disappointed when you got no mail at Comox,
gpt
I was,
human
That's strange, Carroll persisted,
gpt
I'd better confess that I wrote Miss Chisholm a few lines from Nanaimo.
human
And she didn't answer you? Now, I couldn't well help noticing that you were rather in her bad graces that night at Nairn's--the thing was pretty obvious. No doubt you're acquainted with the reason?
gpt
I'm not. That's just the trouble.
human
Well, he said,
gpt
That is not the kind of subject one cares to talk about; but you ought to know that I couldn't allow them to force Miss Chisholm upon me against her will. It was unthinkable! Besides, looking at it in the most cold-blooded manner, it would have been foolishness, for which we'd both have had to pay afterward.
human
I'm not so sure of that, Carroll smiled.
gpt
There were the Sabine women, among other instances. Didn't they cut off their hair to make bowstring for their abductors?