human
Now, my lads, cried the doctor,
gpt
Hullo! he cried.
human
You here!
gpt
Yes, I am here, was the reply.
human
How are you?
gpt
Oh, I am all right. Have I been to sleep?
human
Well, yes, you have been to sleep,
gpt
What are you laughing at?
human
Oh, I was only smiling at you.
gpt
What, am I scratched and knocked about?
human
Oh, very slightly.
gpt
But I say, I am so precious hungry. What time is it?
human
Just upon six. Some bells or another, as you call it.
gpt
Get out! Why, it was seven o'clock this morning when I lay down to sleep after my bath; so how can it be six o'clock? You don't mean to say that it is six o'clock in the evening?
human
Indeed, but I do. You had better jump up, or it will soon be dark.
gpt
What a nuisance! Why, I must have slept twelve hours.
human
Oh, you think so, do you? Yes, a good deal more than that. I was getting quite alarmed about you, only your uncle said you were quite right and you were to have your sleep out.
gpt
I say, look here, cried Rodd;
human
Yes, but it was yesterday morning.
gpt
Look here, he cried,
human
Indeed I'm not! You've been sleeping for about a day and a half.
gpt
Well! cried Rodd, beginning to dress hurriedly.
human
But never mind. I will make up for it by not going to sleep for a whole day. Look here, you know what's been going on. Where are we? Going up farther so as to get a mooring-place?
gpt
We came up yesterday, miles higher up the river, and the brig's moored close by an open part of the shore. There, make haste and finish dressing and come and look.