human
I wanted you to think so, and to come straight to this place, returned the once familiar voice.
gpt
Don, I've travelled from San Francisco to see you. Do say you are glad!
human
I can't, the man answered.
gpt
I'm not glad. You tried to ruin me. You tried in a coward's way. You struck me in the back. I hoped never to see you again. How did you find me?
human
I've known for a long time that you were in Texas, said Madalena.
gpt
Lady Annesley-Seton and I kept up a correspondence for months after you--sent me away so cruelly, in such a hurry, believing hateful things, though you had no proof. She wrote that 'Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Smith' would probably never come back to England to settle, as she'd heard from a Mrs. Waldo that they'd gone to live in Texas. She asked if I knew whether 'Nelson Smith' had lost his money. I forgot to answer that question when I answered the letter. But when she said 'Texas' I felt sure you must be somewhere in this part. I remembered your telling me about the ranch that consumptive gambler left to you on the Mexican frontier.
human
What a fool I was to tell you!