human
What--what happened? Did the Humming-Bird fall?
gpt
No, something fell on you, I guess, said the doctor, who had been hurriedly told of the circumstances.
human
But don't worry, Tom. You'll be all right in a few days. You got a bad cut on the head, but the skull isn't fractured, I'm glad to say. Here, now, just drink this,
gpt
Did he hit me with the hatchet?
human
I couldn't tell, was the engineer's reply,
gpt
Well, don't talk about it now, urged the doctor.
human
I want Tom to get quiet and go to sleep. He'll be much better in the morning, but I must forbid any aeroplane flights. And he shook his finger at Tom in warning.
gpt
You'll have to lie quiet for several days,
human
All right,
gpt
Haven't you any idea who it was?
human
Not the slightest. It was no one Tom or I had ever seen before. But whoever it was, he intended to destroy the Humming-Bird, that was evident!
gpt
The scoundrel! I'm glad you foiled him in time; but it's too bad about Tom. However, we'll soon have him all right again.
human
I knows who done it!
gpt
Who?
human
It were dat Andy Foger. Leastways, he send dat man heah t' make mincemeat oh de Hummin'-Bird. I's positib 'bout dat, so I am!
gpt
Well, perhaps Andy did have a hand in it, admitted Mr. Swift,
human
Pure meanness. Afraid that Tom will beat him in the race,
gpt
It's too big a risk to take, went on the aged inventor.
human
I'm inclined to think it might be one of the gang of men who made the diamonds in the cave in the mountains. They might have sent a spy on East, and he might try to damage the aeroplane to be revenged for what Tom and Mr. Jenks did to them.
gpt
It's possible, agreed the engineer.
human
Well, we'll wait until Tom can talk, and we'll go over it with him.
gpt
Not until he is stronger, though, stipulated the physician as he went away.
human
Don't excite Tom for a few days.