human
Come, said I,
gpt
How came you to know we had stayed in the town?
human
Do you think I could remain where you left me? I wandered out, wandered hither. Passing at dawn through yon streets, I saw the hostlers loitering by the gates of the yard, overheard them talk, and so knew you were all at the inn,--all!
gpt
Your poor father is very ill. Oh, cousin, how could you fling from you so much love?
human
Love! his! my father's!
gpt
Do you really not believe, then, that your father loved you?
human
If I had believed it, I had never left him. All the gold of the Indies had never bribed me to leave my mother.
gpt
This is indeed a strange misconception of yours. If we can remove it, all may be well yet. Need there now be any secrets between us? [persuasively]. Sit down, and tell me all, cousin.