human
We must have a fire!
gpt
How have you managed it so quickly? she asked, and with that her eyes fell on a scrap of ashes.
human
Where did you get this? You have been lighting with paper, Bateese--and that is not playing fair!
gpt
They were papers, ma'amzelle, upon which Dominique and I for a long time could not agree. But now --he turned to Dominique--
human
None, Bateese; none, if you forgive.
gpt
What did I tell you? cried Bateese triumphantly.
human
Did I not always tell you that your heart would be lighter, with this shadow gone? And there was never any shadow but this; none--none!
gpt
That is all very well, Diane remonstrated;
human
We have burnt it for a propitiation, ma'amzelle; it no longer exists. Bateese cast himself on his back at full length in the herbage and gazed up through the drifting smoke into the tree-tops and sky.
gpt
A-ah! said he with a long sigh,
human
He propped himself on one elbow and continued with shining eyes:
gpt
What things we were going to do, in those days! What wonders we looked forward to! And all the while we were doing the most wonderful thing in the world, for we loved one another. He stretched out a hand and pointed.
human
There, by the bend, the English boats will come in sight. Suppose, Dominique, that as they come you launched out against them, and fought and sank the fleet single-handed, like the men in the old tales--
gpt
He would save New France, and live in song, Diane put in.
human
Would that not content any man, Bateese?