human
Oh!
gpt
Oh, thought Barbara,
human
Thank you very much, she said nervously.
gpt
I should never have got it for myself.
human
Are you quite sure? he asked, with bitter distinctness.
gpt
I think you would have managed it much better.
human
I'm sure I would rather not try. She dared not raise her eyes to his face, but she saw that he wore no glove, and that the thorns had torn his hand. He was winding his handkerchief round it, and the blood started through the white folds.
gpt
Oh, you have hurt yourself!
human
How am I to thank you?
gpt
Don't you think the less said the better, at any rate for me?
human
I should have been sorry to lose that cross. I--I prize it very much.
gpt
Then I am sorry to have given you an absurd association with it.
human
Please don't talk like that. I shall remember your kindness, said the girl hurriedly. She felt as if she must add something more.
gpt
I always fancy my cross is a kind of--what do they call those things that bring good luck?
human
Amulet? Talisman?
gpt
Yes, a talisman, she repeated, with a little nod.
human
It belonged to my godmother. I was named after her. She died before I was a year old, but I have heard my mother say she was the most beautiful woman she ever saw. Oh, I should hate to lose it!
gpt
Would your luck go with it?
human
Perhaps,
gpt
Well, you would not have lost it this afternoon, as it was quite conspicuously visible,
human
Oh, I beg your pardon, she said,
gpt
(She fancied that
human
sounded a little more dignified than
gpt
or
human
and that he might not mind it quite so much.)
gpt
Please let me brush it off for you.
human
No! he ejaculated; and then, more mildly,
gpt
No, thank you. I can manage. No, thank you.
human
I wish----