human
How else? he said, at last.
gpt
He was behind me with your aunt. He was on the hill. You've scoured what remains of the plateau. Wal, he ain't there, an' he didn't come down the path wher' we come. We ain't see 'em anyways. Yep, he went on, with a sigh,
human
Tell me, he went on, after a pause.
gpt
I ain't got it right. The fall knocked you plumb out. An' then?
human
I don't know what happened, Joan said wearily, spreading out her drenched skirt to the now blazing sun.
gpt
I know I woke up quite suddenly, feeling so cold that even my teeth were chattering. The rain was falling like--like hailstones. It was dark, so dark, and I was terribly afraid. I called to you, but got no answer, and--and I thought I was alone. It was terrible. The thunder had ceased, and the lightning was no longer playing. There was no longer any forest fire, or--or earthquakings. All was still and black, and the rain--oh, it was dreadful. I sat where I was, calling you at intervals. I sat on, and on, and on, till I thought the dark would never go, that day would never break again, and I began to think that all the world had come to an end, and I, alone, was left. Then at last the rain stopped, and I saw that day was breaking. But it was not until broad daylight that I knew where I was. And then--and then I saw you lying close at my feet. Oh, Buck, don't let me think of it any more. Don't remind me of it. It was awful. I believed you were dead--dead. And it seemed to me that my heart died, too. It was so dreadful that I think I--I was mad. And then--you saved me--again.