human
Are we to hold a festival to-night, since you seem to be cooking what should keep us for a week?
gpt
I almost fancy it would keep one of us for several days, which, since you do not seem especially capable of getting anything ready for yourself, is what it is intended to do, said Brooke.
human
I shall probably be that time in making the settlement and getting back again.
gpt
What are you going there for?
human
To bring out the doctor.
gpt
Are you sure that, with six or eight feet of snow on the divide, you could ever get there?
human
Well, said Brooke, cheerfully,
gpt
I believe I could, and, if I don't, you will be very little worse off than you were before. You see, the provisions will not last two of us more than a few days longer, and you can take it that I will do all I can to get through the snow. Since you are not the only man who is anxious to find the silver, your health is a matter of importance to everybody just now.
human
We will consider that the reason, and it is a tolerably good one, or I would not let you go. Still, I fancy you have another, and it is appreciated. There is, however, something more to be said. You will find my working plans in the case yonder should anything unexpected happen before you come back. Life, you know, is always a trifle uncertain.
gpt
That, said Brooke, decisively,
human
Well, said Allonby, with a curious quietness,
gpt
I should, at least, very much like to find the silver.