human
You _must_ get out of this for her sake, I urged.
gpt
Besides, I shan't try to escape without you. We stand or fall together.
human
If I can find strength enough not to hinder instead of help! he groaned.
gpt
But there's little chance for either of us. For heaven knows how long they've kept me chained to the wall. To-night, the Chinaman who takes care of me after a fashion unlocked the iron ring that was on my ankle. You can see the mark it's made! I wondered what was up, but thought as I was so weak, it was no longer worth while to waste the chain on me. Now I see they took it off because they didn't want you to see at first glance that I was a prisoner, not a _pensionaire_. The fact that they've left me free shows they've taken their precautions, though!
human
Perhaps they haven't taken enough,