human
The days are getting colder, but it's a bracing afternoon, he said.
gpt
Now, perhaps we'd better walk over the line of the proposed trail.
human
We'll need about forty feet of log underpinning at this point, and you'll see that it's provided for, he said.
gpt
On the next section there's a good deal of soil to move; I have an estimate of the number of wagon loads. Farther on he stopped again.
human
From here to the bridge it will come to only a ton for every three or four yards.
gpt
You seem to have thought the matter out very carefully,
human
It needed close attention,
gpt
There's a comprehensiveness about these plans and calculations that I did not expect from you, he said dryly.
human
To tell the truth, I'm somewhat surprised by them.
gpt
The trail would be useful, sir,
human
I think so. Do you feel competent to make it? The scheme is bolder than anything of the kind we have undertaken.
gpt
We couldn't attempt it alone. Our idea is to ask for a general levy.