human
Then I do know,
gpt
The old lady was willing enough to talk, Conquest assured Ford, in his narrative of the taking of Amalia Gramm's testimony.
human
There's nothing more loquacious than remorse. I figured on that before going out to Omaha.
gpt
But if she had no hand in the crime, I don't see where the remorse comes in.
human
It comes in vicariously. She feels it for Jacob, since Jacob didn't live to feel it for himself. It involves a subtle element of wifely devotion which I guess you're too young, or too inexperienced, to understand. She was glad old Jacob was gone, so that she could make his confession with impunity. She was willing to make any atonement within _her_ power, since it was too late to call _him_ to account.
gpt
Isn't that a bit far-fetched?
human
Possibly--except to a priest, or a lawyer, or a woman herself. It isn't often that a woman's heroism works in a straight line, like a soldier's, or a fireman's. It generally pops at you round some queer corner, where it takes you by surprise. Before leaving Omaha I'd come to see that Amalia Gramm was by no means the least valiant of her sex.