human
A lucky move for you.
gpt
And just as lucky for us, added the mother;
human
I would give a good deal to know what has become of them. It begins to look as if they did not consider us worth bothering with.
gpt
I wish I could believe that, but I cannot. I think it more likely that they know where we are, and are trifling with us, as a cat does with a mouse.
human
That makes me anxious to push on. We must find some place where we can cross the stream. Let's go further up the bank.