human
Ah, that's better! Eat away, boy. We have got a long walk back, and you will have plenty of appetite for a good high tea. Hang the prisoners as well as the soldiers. If I had known that this great cage full of Bony's French frogs was up here I don't believe I should have come--that is, unless I thought that Nap himself was a prisoner here too, when I might have been tempted to come and have a grin at the wild beast in his cage. Eh, what? What did you do that for?
gpt
Do you hear me, sir? he cried sharply.
human
Why did you pinch my arm like that?
gpt
Why, hullo, boy! cried his uncle sharply, and he leaned forward in turn and caught the lad by the wrist.
human
Why, what's the matter with you? Haven't been overdoing it in the sun, have you? Here, take my cup and have a glass of water.
gpt
No, no, uncle; I am quite right. There's nothing the matter with me. It's--it's--it's--
human
It's what? said Uncle Paul sharply, as he gazed full in the boy's eyes and held tightly by his wrist.
gpt
Well, it's what?
human
Perhaps I am a bit tired, uncle. I have been working very hard, and I turned faint and hungry a little while ago.
gpt
Humph! grunted Uncle Paul.
human
Then do as I tell you. Drink a cup of that clear cold water.
gpt
That's better, he continued, a few minutes later.
human
Now eat another sandwich. No nonsense, sir! Do as I tell you!