human
It's a great pity you had to shoot it, George,
gpt
If I hadn't, neither of us would have been here now!
human
Oh, I'm not complaining. But we shall have to be careful not to let it occur again. These brutes must be taken alive--or not at all. I suppose you couldn't have frightened it away?
gpt
Yes! I breathed.
human
As easily as you could scare off an elephant with a pop-gun.
gpt
H'm! . . . Well, tomorrow we must get to work on that portable cage. It's no use going out again until we are properly prepared and can rely on making a capture. By the way, while you were away Stringer has been busy hypnotizing half-a-dozen blacks. He said very little to them; but his gaze seemed to work wonders. They behaved like docile children.
human
Did they? I wish we'd taken him with us to-day, I answered, still incensed at the casual way Gran'pa had treated our escape.
gpt
He might have put the 'fluence' on that gorilla and persuaded the brute to swing the propeller when we were safely aboard. I'm beginning to think, however, that the only effective weapon against these gentlemen of the jungle will be hand grenades.