human
A bit of burnt cork I brought along, Dave, the English air ace whispered.
gpt
I know we are wearing Jerry uniforms, but until we contact Jones we'd better blackout ourselves a bit, don't you think? There are too many blasted Nazis patrolling around. Better that we don't let them see us, even if we are dressed as Nazi officers. We can rub this stuff off later, if we have to.
human
Check, and thoughtful boy! Dave murmured, and started rubbing the black stuff all over his face.
gpt
And look, Freddy, your seeing Nazi patrols starts me thinking. We both want to get through to contact Jones, but at least one of us _must_ get through. You get what I mean?
human
Quite, Freddy replied.
gpt
If we ran into trouble together, why, neither of us might get out of it. Going separately, though, one of us would probably get through to Jones. And if the other didn't show up-well, Jones would just have to team up with the chap who did. Correct?
human
Right on the button, Dave said.
gpt
I'd sure like your company, pal. But I think we'd better go it alone from here to that shelled church. Two miles. Let's say we make one mile in twenty minutes. Forty miles to the ruined church, and six minutes to play with, in case we have to. Okay. That's the way it will be. I guess we'd better get going now. Your face all blacked out?
human
Ready, Freddy breathed, and got to his feet. But he suddenly reached out and touched Dave on the arm.
gpt
Just had a thought, he whispered.
human
Might be a good idea for us to contact again halfway. There's an old bit of railroad track just a mile from here. Remember seeing it marked on Major Barber's mosaic maps? What say we meet there again in twenty minutes, twenty-three minutes at the most. Think that would be a good idea?
gpt
Checks with me, Dave replied.
human
If we don't meet then, the one who does reach the railroad will know more or less that the other fellow is probably out of the picture for good. Okay, Freddy. I'll be seeing you in twenty minutes, twenty-three at the most. Don't go sticking that nose of yours into any trouble. We'll probably have plenty of that later on.
gpt
And see that you don't, either! Freddy Farmer whispered right back at him.
human
I don't want to have to go back looking for you. And I'm afraid I would, you know. That's the trouble with liking a chap so much. Makes one do the barmiest things sometimes.
gpt
That goes double for me, too, Freddy, he breathed.
human
But neither of us is going to have to go back looking for the other. We're going to meet in twenty minutes. So long. Be seeing you, pal.