human
Good news! good news! the gunpowder did its work! The ice is ruptured and we are afloat, Mr. Tassard, afloat--and progressing north!
gpt
How can I crawl from this mound? My strength is gone.
human
Do you wish to rise? I will bring your breakfast here if you wish.
gpt
I don't hear you.
human
Will you come to the cook-house? which he did not hear; and then louder,
gpt
Will you come to the cook-house? which he did not hear either. I believed him stone-deaf till, on roaring with all the power of my lungs, he answered
human
Yes.