human
Our country is going to be there soon! The doctor’s voice was strained.
gpt
A big country like this has to go slow.
human
Slow be damned! This is no time to put on brakes. Are they, are they actually steaming up, Burke? You’re not saying this to—to quiet my nerves?
gpt
No. Your nerves are settling into shape. Yes, our country is heaving from the inside.
human
Thank God!
gpt
And you bet, Mr. Norval, I’m going on the first ship if I have to go as a stoker. If there’s one blessed trick of my trade that can help fellows like you, lead me to it!
human
Burke, you’re a devilish good tonic.
gpt
Old man, I feel that I am not going west. It’s rotten bad form for me to be holding down this bed any longer. I suppose I could be moved?
human
I don’t see why, old chap, but—here goes! Send for this man, he named Law’s lawyer.
gpt
There is only one person in God’s world I care to have see me now. Let them send for him.