human
Well--Anna?
gpt
They were going to take my baby away.
human
Were they! exclaimed McAlway in his hearty voice.
gpt
Well, we'll never permit _that_. Who's got a better right to the baby than you, I'd like to know?
human
Yes, sir, Dr. McAlway, the man said,
gpt
I was coming across the bridge with the cows when I see her standing there in the water, her skirts all floating around her. She was hugging the baby up to her face and saying over and over, just like this: 'I don't dare! Oh, I don't dare! But I must. I must,' She was sort of singin' the words: 'I don't dare, I don't dare, but I must.' I jumped the railing and run down to the bank of the river. And I says, 'Come right out o' there'; and she turned and come out just as gentle as a child, and I brought her up here to the house.
human
What will Harriet say?