human
Oh, Ada, dear Ada, what is troubling you?
gpt
Nothing,--much.
human
My girl, my beauty, my darling! Much or little, what is it? Cannot you tell me?
gpt
He cares nothing for me, said Ada, laying her hand upon the pillow, thus indicating the
human
whom she intended. Edith answered not a word, but pressed her arm tight round her sister's waist.
gpt
It is so, said Ada, turning round upon her sister as though to rebuke her.
human
You know that it is so.
gpt
My beauty, my own one,
human
You know it is so. He has told you. It is not me that he loves; it is you. You are his chosen one. I am nothing to him,--nothing, nothing.
gpt
Ada, if you knew my heart to you.
human
What good is it? Why did you teach me to believe a falsehood?
gpt
Oh! you will kill me if you accuse me. I have been so true to you. Then Ada turned round upon the bed, and hid her face for a few minutes upon the pillow.
human
Ada, have I not been true to you?
gpt
But that you should have been so much mistaken;--you, who know everything.
human
I have not known him,
gpt
But you will, said Ada.
human
You will be his wife.
gpt
Never!
human
It must be so, she said.
gpt
Of course it must, as he wishes it. He must have all that he desires.
human
No, not so. He shall never have this.
gpt
Yes, Edith, he must and he shall. Do you not know that you loved him before you ever bade me to do so? But why, oh why did you ever make that great mistake? And why was I so foolish as to have believed you? Come, she said,
human
I must make his bed for him once again. He will be here soon now and we must be away. Then she did obliterate the traces of her form which her figure had made upon the bed, and smoothed the pillow, and wiped away the mark of her tear which had fallen on it.
gpt
Come, Edith, come, said she,
human
Never, said Edith.
gpt
Never! He will never be married if he waits for me.
human
My dear one, you shall be his wife,