human
You haven't been at work this evening?
gpt
No, replied Thorne.
human
I rode in to the railroad early yesterday and I've just got back after calling at two or three farms west of the creek. It seemed possible that I might be able to hire a couple of men I'd wired for back along the line, but I found that somebody else had got hold of them at another station. As a matter of fact, I had expected it.
gpt
Then you must have made the journey almost without a rest!
human
Volador's dead played out, answered Thorne.
gpt
I had to do something, though it seemed pretty useless in any case.
human
Ah! Alison exclaimed softly;
gpt
Until I'm turned out, which will no doubt happen very shortly.
human
I suppose that will hurt you?
gpt
Yes, he answered,
human
It must be very hard to give up the farm on which you have spent so much earnest work.
gpt
Yes, assented Thorne, with something in his tone that suggested half-contemptuous indifference to the sacrifice;