human
I take command because I'm fit; you're not. I give the orders because I can get 'em obeyed; you can't. And, again:
gpt
You don't know east from west; I do.
human
The woman's worth the two of you, he said.
gpt
Her people were workers. See it in her stride. She could milk a cow if she had one. If anything happens to me she'll give the orders. Mark my words. She's got a head on her shoulders, she has.
human
Are you going to allow this man's insolence to run on forever?
gpt
Pooh, said the bride, and I think I heard her call him
human
The bigger a man is, Mr. Farallone, she said,
gpt
There mustn't be any more mutiny, said Farallone.
human
But you've got sand, you have. I could love a woman like you. How did you come to hitch your wagon to little Nicodemus there? He's no star. You deserved a man. You've got sand, and when your poor feet go back on you, as they will in this swill (here he kicked the burning sand), I'll carry you. But if you hadn't spoken up so pert, I wouldn't. Now you walk ahead and pretend you're Christopher Columbus De Soto Peary leading a flock of sheep to the Fountain of Eternal Youth.... Bear to the left of the sage-brush, there's a tarantula under it....
gpt
Isn't she splendid?