human
It'll try some o' the new-comers to-night, if I'm not mistaken,
gpt
Why d'you think so?
human
Do the nights vary much?
gpt
Of course they do, returned the man.
human
Sometimes you have it quite chilly after a hot day. Other times you have it suffocatin'--like the Black Hole of Calcutta--as it'll be to-night.
gpt
What sort o' hole was that?
human
It was a small room or prison into which they stuffed a lot of our men once, in India, in awful hot weather, an' kep' them there waitin' till the Great Mogul, or some chap o' that sort, should say what was to be done wi' them. But his Majesty was asleep at the time, an' it was as much as their lives was worth to waken him. So they had to wait, an' afore he awakened out o' that sleep most o' the men was dead--suffocated for want o' fresh air.
gpt
I say, Mac, pass the water, said Moses Pyne.
human
It makes a feller feel quite gaspy to think of.