human
By Jove, it's just struck me what a do it would be if they had laid a trap for us! he muttered.
gpt
Quite a shallow hole would bring us down on top of on another, and we should be at their mercy.
human
Oh, go on, and don't _buck_!
gpt
Why, your voice is shaking, Hal! 'Pon my word, if I didn't know you, I should think----
human
Bob, did you hear something?
gpt
Not I. You heard your heart beating, perhaps.
human
Oh, drop it! It sounded like the ring of metal on stone--as if a sword had knocked against the wall.
gpt
Kuku-ud-din or Amrodh Chand may have followed us.
human
They swore they wouldn't. Besides, Bob, it was quite near at hand, and they could not have caught us up in the dark. There was no sign of them at the entrance.
gpt
Quite so. Well, shall we wait and trip him up?
human
No, he will hear--guess we are there. We can't stay all night looking for him in the dark.