human
Armstrong, said Captain Wilson one afternoon as the two were resting after a practice spin of one hundred and fifty yards,
gpt
Used to go more than that distance in open water, but never in the tank. Why?
human
Well, McGill, the Canadian university, is sending a team down here in February. They have two or three crackajacks up there and they are making a little southern trip. I've just wired them the date and I'd like to make as good a showing as possible.
gpt
We ought to be pretty good excepting in the two-twenty,
human
And if you'll work for that distance we ought to be pretty good there, too. I'll take care of the hundred as well as I know how, and I'll let Hobbs swim the fifty.
gpt
And who swims the two-twenty for McGill?
human
Hopkins, the Olympic champion.
gpt
And so you want me to be the goat? All right, Mr. Captain, I'll do my best and lead the goat right up to the altar to be sacrificed by the Olympic champion. But to do it gracefully, I ought to have some coaching in that distance.
human
And you're going to get it. I've sent for Burton to come up and give us a little advice. He was one of our best men at the distance as well as at the hundred.
gpt
Yes, I know him. Taught me to swim.
human
Really! Well, that's fine. He has the knack of teaching, and can tell you the tricks of the furlong if anyone can.