human
What is the matter--oh, what has happened?
gpt
Miss Markham, I came to ask a simple question. Do not be afraid to tell me the truth. What did you do last night?
human
What did I do last night? she repeated.
gpt
Why do you ask?
human
Answer, please. Where were you last night--what did you do?
gpt
Why do you ask that?
human
It will be better, I assure you, he replied,
gpt
You have never seemed harsh before--
human
Will you answer me?
gpt
I have to remember, she said,
human
Exactly when?
gpt
A little after eight. I have been tired lately. Aunt Paula saw that I went to sleep.
human
Is that all?
gpt
Why, yes. I slept heavily. The old sleep. The one which leaves me tired.
human
You did not get up?
gpt
I am beginning to question your right to--
human
But answer me--_Did you wake?_
gpt
No. I slept until seven this morning. Walter, Walter-- she had never used his Christian name before, and at the moment it struck him only as one of her Circe arts--