human
I go in swimmin' here every day, 'cept when it's froze over, she volunteered dully.
gpt
Hain't you skeert at the sight o' blood, ma'am? Some people air. We wuz figgerin' on whuther we'd dig a grave fer him or jest pull out yonder into the current an' drop him over. Pap said we had to git rid of him 'fore anybody come around. 'Nen the dogs begin to bark an' he thought mebby it wuz Mr. Lapelle, so he--say, you mustn't get Mr. Lapelle mixed up in this. He--
human
I know all about Mr. Lapelle, Moll,
gpt
Then you hain't goin' to let him have your girl, air you?
human
No, Moll,--I am not,
gpt
You set here on this log, ordered the girl as they came down to the water's edge.
human
I'll do my own washin'. I'm kind o' 'shamed to have any one see me as naked as this. There ain't much left of my dress, is they? We fit fer I don't know how long, like a couple o' dogs. You c'n see the black an' blue places on my arms out here in the daylight,-an' I guess his finger marks must be on my neck, where he wuz chokin' me. I wuz tryin' to wrassle around till I could git nigh to the table, where his knife wuz stickin'. My eyes wuz poppin' right out'n my head when I--
gpt
For heaven's sake, girl! cried Rachel Carter.
human
Don't! Don't tell me any more! I can't bear to hear you talk about it.