human
Who are you?
gpt
It would take a long time to explain who I am, he added.
human
You'd better try to sleep.
gpt
You know me?
human
Yes, your name is de Silva.
gpt
What do you want of me?
human
Nothing at present except to put a little life into you.
gpt
In order to take it away from me later?
human
It isn't your life that I want.
gpt
I thought I saw a man down-stairs--or did I dream it? A cab-man----
human
You saw him, he said.
gpt
It was the cabman you engaged on the pier the night the _Allianca_ docked.
human
Then all is known?
gpt
Pretty nearly all.
human
Well--I'm glad, he said weakly.
gpt
The worst agony is over.
human
Who are you? he demanded.
gpt
And those others down-stairs? _His_ men?
human
Whose?
gpt
De Socotra's.
human
No, by God!
gpt
Detectives, then? I don't mind that.
human
Not detectives, either, said Greg.
gpt
I'll tell you this much--I'm after de Socotra. I know he's the principal in this affair, not you. I only want you as a means to get him.
human
You'll never get him, said de Silva with hopeless assurance.
gpt
He's not a man like others; he's a fiend out of Hell.
human
That may be, said Greg grimly.
gpt
But just the same I mean to get him! Better not talk any more. Let yourself relax.