human
And it was curious about Brainard, the most useless and utterly incompetent man ever graduated. He was so near-sighted that he couldn't see the end of his nose without glasses; but it was he that took the ship in, with the rest of us eating with our fingers and asking our way to the sick-bay.
gpt
And Brainard wore his glasses that night?'
human
Yes; he couldn't see without them. It reminds me of Nydia, the blind girl who piloted a bunch out of Pompeii because she was used to the darkness. Still, Brainard is hardly a parallel.
gpt
Were his glasses the ordinary kind, or pebbles?
human
Don't know. Which are the cheapest? That's the kind.
gpt
The ordinary kind.
human
Well, he had the ordinary kind--like himself. And he'll get special promotion. Oh, Lord! He'll be jumped up a dozen numbers.
gpt
Well, said Metcalf, mysteriously,