human
Well, I'll be utterly damned!
gpt
You shouldn't have done that! It's all their affair, not ours!
human
I don't care! I think Powart is a scoundrel!
gpt
Quiet, you two. Fort has called at the prison, and is being introduced to young Ernol. He--
human
I've been talking with your father, Fort was saying to the son. The guard had left them alone in the cell.
gpt
But he isn't interested in my ideas. He seems to think he's done all that needs to be done in getting himself imprisoned.
human
He considers himself a martyr, Mr. Fort; and I guess he's satisfied like everybody else.
gpt
You're just the chap I'm looking for! If you're genuinely ambitious to do the people a great service, now's your chance!
human
I might have known there was some trick about it! cried the lad.
gpt
Alma isn't that kind of a planet! By Heaven, Powart deserves to be assassinated!
human
Nothing doing, replied the athlete promptly, his eyes sparkling with the old light.
gpt
The first thing is to get you out of here; you, and the other hundred and fifty who were put in at the same time.