human
Do you know where Aurung Zeeb and Haidee went?
gpt
I haven't the least notion, was the wrathful answer,
human
Well, if you don't know which way the rig went, argued Matt,
gpt
We've got to do something!
human
Where's Ben Ali?
gpt
Oh, hang Ben Ali! I haven't seen him since he flashed that knife in my face.
human
We've just discovered, proceeded Matt,
gpt
Sure of that?
human
Ping just told us. Not only that, Burton, but he took my Dutch pard--the lad that came this morning--with him. Carl was locked in the cage.
gpt
Worse and worse, ground out Burton.
human
How'd Ben Ali ever manage to do that?
gpt
On the face of it, I should say that Ben Ali had hypnotized Carl.
human
Nonsense! What does an elephant driver know about hypnotism? Still, this begins to look like a comprehensive plan to steal a monkey wagon and a runabout and leave me in the lurch. What do you think of that Haidee girl to do a thing like this? She seemed mighty anxious to earn money, yet here she skips out with about a hundred in cash to her credit.
gpt
It's hard to understand the turn events have taken, said Matt.
human
But I wouldn't blame Haidee too much until you know more about her--and about Ben Ali.
gpt
I want my horses and my rolling stock, fretted Burton.
human
The rest of the outfit can go hang, if I get back the plunder.
gpt
You said something about an automobile,
human
There's a car here, and the man that owns it is seeing the show. He said I could have the use of the car all afternoon for fifty dollars. He thought I was an easy mark, and I let him think so. He's got the money and I've got the car. After he'd gone inside, I happened to remember that I couldn't run the thing, so I chased off looking for you. Here we are,