human
Get up! said Brooke, almost sharply.
gpt
I want you to listen to me. If it suits you to stay here by yourself, you can; in the meanwhile, do what you like, which will, of course, be very little, with the ranch. In return, I'll only ask you to take care of the fiddle until I send for it. I'm going away.
human
That's all right! he said.
gpt
I guess I'll stay. I don't know any other place where one can grub out enough to eat quite so easily. Where're you going to?
human
I don't quite know, and Brooke smiled grimly.
gpt
Up and down the province--anywhere I can pick up a dollar or two daily by working for them.
human
The trouble is that they're so blamed hard to stick to when you've got them, said Jimmy, reflectively.
gpt
Now, you don't want dollars here.
human
If I had two thousand of them I'd stay, and make something of the ranch, rocky as it is.
gpt
It couldn't be done with less, and I guess you're sensible. I'm quite happy slouching round here, but there's a kind of difference between you and me. That girl with the big eyes has been putting notions into you?
human
It's a little curious--you don't even know who she is?
gpt
Her name is Barbara. She is, she told me, a Canadian.
human
Canada's quite a big country, said Jimmy, reflectively.
gpt
You could put England into its vest pocket without knowing it was there. I guess it will be a long while before you see her again, and if you meet her in the cities she's not going to remember you. You'd find her quite a different kind of young woman there. When are you going?
human
At sundown. I'd go now, but I want a few hours' rest and sleep.
gpt
Then I'll be good and lonely to-night, he said.
human
Say, do you think I could take out the fiddle now and then to keep me company? I guess I could play it, like a banjo, with my fingers.
gpt
No, said Brooke, drily,