human
You might fit out a ship or two and try exploring round the South Pole, Bob said.
gpt
They've got the thing itself of course, but there must be lots of places still undiscovered in the neighbourhood. I should think that hummocking along over the ice floes in a dog sledge must be pretty thrilling.
human
I'm too fat, he said,
gpt
I didn't mean you to go yourself,
human
Oh! I see. I'm to fit out the expedition and you are to go in command. I don't quite see where the fun would come in for me. It wouldn't excite me any to hear of your shooting Esquimaux and penguins. I shouldn't care enough whether you lived or were froze to get any excitement out of a show of that kind.
gpt
We'd call it 'The Joseph P. Conroy Expedition,' said Bob;
human
Thanks. But I'm pretty well fed up with newspaper tosh. The press has boosted me ever since I landed in this country, and I'd just as soon they stopped now as started fresh.
gpt
If politics weren't such a rotten game--
human
Clithering, he said,
gpt
I shouldn't care for it, said Conroy.
human
After all, what would it be worth to me? There's nothing for me to gain, and I don't see how I could lose anything. It would be like playing bridge for counters. They might make me a lord, of course. A title is about the only thing I haven't got, but then I don't want it.
gpt
I quite agree with you, said Bob.
human
I merely mentioned politics because Clithering said--
gpt
Besides, said Conroy,
human
It would be rather exciting, said Bob,
gpt
There's something in that notion, said Conroy.
human
Get a map, will you?