human
You certainly did wonderfully well, said the aged inventor, softly.
gpt
Wonderfully well, Tom. I'm proud of you.
human
You may well be, added Mr. Damon.
gpt
Bless my shoelaces, but I thought Andy Foger had us there one spell; didn't you, Tom?
human
Indeed I did. But you helped me win, Mr. Damon.
gpt
Nonsense!
human
Yes, you did. You helped me a lot.
gpt
Well, are you going to keep after more air-prizes, Tom, or are you going to try for something else?
human
I don't believe I'll go in any more aeroplane races right away, answered the young inventor.
gpt
For some time I've been wanting to complete and perfect my electric rifle. I think I'll begin work on that soon.
human
And go hunting?
gpt
I think so, answered Tom, dreamily.
human
I don't know just where, though.
gpt
Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; or, Daring Adventures in Elephant Land.
human
It's too bad that first set of plans were stolen. If I had them I could make a good deal with the Government about my little aeroplane. But they don't want to take up with it as long as there is a chance of some foreign nation getting information about the secret parts, and my patents won't hold abroad. I wonder if there is any way of getting those plans away from Andy Foger? I don't understand why he hasn't used them before this. I thought sure he would make a craft like the Humming-Bird to race against me.
gpt
What plans are those?
human
Why, don't you remember? asked Tom.
gpt
The ones I showed you one day, in the library, when you fell asleep, and some one slipped in and stole them.
human
I am beginning to remember something I have been trying to recall ever since I became ill, he said slowly.
gpt
It is coming back to me. Those plans--in the library--I fell asleep, but before I did so I hid those plans, Tom!
human
You hid those plans!
gpt
Yes, I remember feeling a drowsy feeling coming on, and I feared lest some one might see the drawings. I got up and put them under the window, in a little, hollow place in the foundation wall. Then I came back in through the window again, and went to sleep. Then, on account of my illness, just as I once before forgot something, and thought the minister had called, I lost all recollection of them. I hid those plans.