human
I feel nothing, he declared at last. Then, with an incredulous smile, he added,
gpt
I'm inclined to believe that your remarkable extension of vision is mere imagination. Your nerves are unstrung by thoughts of Zoraida's peril, in combination with the fatigue of your journey.
human
But I can describe to you yonder mountain minutely, I said.
gpt
The cave is in a high wall of grey granite, and its mouth, once evidently of spacious dimensions, has been rendered small by sand that has drifted up until it has almost choked it. It is semicircular, but seems narrow inside, forming a kind of shallow grotto.
human
And what is the general aspect of the mountain side?
gpt
he said, evidently amazed at my very detailed word-picture of the place.
human
Let us see how far you are correct. For ten minutes you've been gazing at it with such a strange, far-off look in your eyes, that I confess I began to be concerned as to your sanity. I have seen a similar look in the eyes of Chasseurs who have fallen victims to sunstroke.
gpt
The mystery is just as inexplicable to myself as it is to you, I answered.
human
Somehow, however, the contact of the Crescent has created within me a firmly-rooted conviction that we shall discover something in that cavern.
gpt
If we can find the place,
human
Let us try,