human
Are you Lieutenant Denman--Billie Denman?
gpt
Florrie! he said, in a choke.
human
Is this you--grown up? Florrie Fleming! How--why--what brings you here?
gpt
I started on the trip, Billie, she said, calmly,
human
The finger of Fate, Florrie, or the act of God, answered Denman, with a painful smile.
gpt
We must have the conceit taken out of us on occasions, you know. Forsythe, my schoolmate, is in command of this crowd of jail-breakers and pirates.
human
Forsythe--your conqueror? She receded a step.
gpt
I had-- Do you know, Mr. Denman, that you were my hero when I was a child, and that I never forgave Jack Forsythe? I had hoped to hear--
human
Oh, I know, he interrupted, hotly, while his head throbbed anew with the surge of emotion.
gpt
I know what you and the whole town expected. But--well, I knocked him down on deck a short time back, and the knockdown stands; but they would not allow a finish. Then he shot me when I was not looking.
human
I am glad, she answered, simply,