human
Why is he going around that way?
gpt
You wouldn't care to know that,
human
But I do want to know,
gpt
Might as well tell her, said Jim,
human
Well, said Joe, reluctantly,
gpt
What do you mean?
human
Just that, replied Joe.
gpt
That thing that looked like a tree box is what they call a cangue. They put him in there so that he's standing on thin slabs of wood that just enable him to keep his head above that narrow opening around his neck. Every little while they take one of the slabs of wood from underneath him; then he has to stand on tiptoe. By and by his feet can't touch the slabs at all, and then he chokes to death.
human
What a hideous thing!
gpt
And what cruel people!
human
One of the most cruel on God's earth, replied Jim.
gpt
You see in all this crowd there is nobody looking at that fellow with pity. They don't seem to have the slightest tincture of it.
human
Let's go back to our hotel, pleaded Mabel.
gpt
I've seen all I want to for to-day.