human
You see I could not let Mamsey know that I knew. I could not hurt her so. She would have made me go away, and always I would have remembered her here alone where my father left her. And Tom Gavot has helped me keep the people still. He stays here, and he wanted to go way, way off, and be something so different. That is why I can play for Tom in his cabin. He knows and understands; he couldn’t hurt Mamsey and me, he couldn’t! Women like Mamsey and me feel a hurt terribly, that’s why I am telling you this, I want you to be kind. Don’t make things harder, they are bad enough!
gpt
Donelle, for God’s sake, spare me!
human
I’m sure now that you know, you never will hurt us again, Donelle’s voice soothed and caressed unconsciously.
gpt
I!—I wanted to be happy just as if nothing had happened, before I was born, to keep me from being happy. I thought about love, just as girls will. They cannot help it. Then you came and I wanted you!