human
It's an S. O. S., screamed Joe at the top of his voice, as Curlie came hurrying up.
gpt
They sent that much in code and I got it all right. Then they tried to tell me their troubles and all I got was a mumble and grumble mixed with static, which meant nothing at all to me. Repeated it three times. Very little space in between. Should have called you, I guess, but there really wasn't time; besides I kept thinking I'd start getting what he sent.
human
Where'd it come from?
gpt
Straight out of the storm. Fifty or sixty miles northeast.
human
That's what I get for being impatient. Ought to have stayed right here. It's those boys all right and we've missed them; may never pick them up again.
gpt
Well! he shouted at last,
human
You can't be sure, said Joe.
gpt
Might have been a fishing boat led off her course by a chase after a whale. You never can tell.
human
No, that's right,
gpt
What makes you so sure the island on that map is mythical?
human
Doesn't sound reasonable.
gpt
Lots of things don't. Take the radiophone; it wouldn't have sounded reasonable a few years ago. Lot of new things wouldn't. A new island is discovered somewhere about every year. Why not around here?
human
Anyway, I don't believe it,