human
Martin, said she below her breath.
gpt
Oh, Martin!
human
Damaris! I muttered.
gpt
Beloved--!
human
Have you no word of greeting for me?
gpt
I rejoice to--to see you well again, Martin!
human
Have you no word of--love for me, after all these years, Damaris?
gpt
Is your love for me dead, then?
human
Ah, never that, Martin! she whispered.
gpt
Only I have--buried it deep--within my heart--where it shall lie for ever hid for thy sake and her sake and--and that--which is to be--this poor Joanna hath told me--
human
God love thee for sweet and noble woman, my Damaris, said I, sinking to my knees before her,
gpt
Martin, said she, quick-breathing,
human
Indeed and indeed, Joanna spake a shameful lie--a woman prone to every evil, being a murderess and--
gpt
A murderess, Martin?
human
Aye, by her own confession, and I do know her for a pirate beside, more desperate and resolute than any, known to every rogue along the Main as Captain Jo.
gpt
And yet, dear Martin, you lived with her on--on our island?
human
Aye, I did--to my torment, and prayed God I might not slay her. And here in breathless fashion I told my lady of Joanna's coming and of the ills that followed; but seeing the growing trouble in her look, my arms fell from her and great bitterness filled me.
gpt
Ah, God in heaven, Damaris! I cried,
human
Martin!