human
Is that you, my son?
gpt
No, mother, but it is a friend,
human
A friend, repeated the old woman, shaking her head slowly,
gpt
I don't want a friend. The Master of Life is my friend. My people said that an evil spirit was slaying them; but I know better. It was the Great Spirit who came to us. We have been very wicked. We needed punishment. But why has He spared me? I was the worst of them all.
human
She must have met wi' the missionaries some time or other,
gpt
Is the old woman the only one of all the tribe left alive?
human
Ay, the only one--no, not the _only_ one; my son is yet alive. He went to set a bear-trap not _very_ long since; but he should have come back before now. He will be back soon.
gpt
How long is't since he left you, mother?
human
Two suns have risen and set since he left, and he had not far to go.
gpt
Father, I'll go seek for this man, said Lawrence;