human
Come on down here, boys.
gpt
What's the matter?
human
Matter enough, growled the officer.
gpt
Those scoundrels outwitted us, locked us in the stateroom, and our prisoner is gone.
human
I haven't heard their story yet, Mr. Perry interposed.
gpt
We'll all get it together.
human
It won't take long to tell how they did it,
gpt
I'll take all the blame, the latter confessed at this juncture.
human
In fact, there's nobody to blame but me. I wasn't asleep at my post, but my wits must have been slumbering, for one of those fellows stole up behind me and gave me a rap on the head that put me to sleep sure enough. When I woke up I was in a pitch dark stateroom, with the door locked. Luckily my searchlight had not been taken out of my pocket, and soon I had the place well enough lighted to determine where I was. I also found something else; I found Mr. Buckley in the same condition that I had been in--unconscious. Mr. Buckley can tell you the rest.
gpt
There's absolutely nothing for me to tell, Mr. Buckley replied,
human
I went to sleep on the cot in the cabin and woke up with a headache in the stateroom. Mr. Baker was working over me as if I'd been shell-shocked on the battlefield. I think we both were sandbagged, for there were no bruises on our heads. We were locked in and probably would have been driven to the necessity of breaking the door open if Mr. Perry hadn't come when he did and let us out.
gpt
I found both the stateroom door and the cabin door locked with the keys on the outside, Mr. Perry explained.
human
Well, we have this consolation at least: While we were losing one prisoner, we were capturing another.
gpt
What do you mean by that?
human
Here's the new prisoner right here,