human
Well, isn't that what we have been trying to do all along? Captain Bayley exclaimed angrily.
gpt
How are we to get to the bottom of it? If you will tell me that I will grant that you have more sense in your head than I have ever given you credit for.
human
My idea, grandfather, is this, Harry said.
gpt
We have not yet heard Frank's side of the story. I am convinced that if we heard that we should get some new light upon it; and my proposal is that you and I shall at once start for California and see Frank, and hear all about it. It seems to me that he has been silent because he has some mistaken idea that you believe in his guilt, and when you assure him that you have an absolute faith in his innocence, he will go into the whole matter, and in that case we shall probably find some clue which we can follow up and get at the truth.
human
The very thing, Harry, the Captain exclaimed impetuously,
gpt
And I shall go too, of course, uncle, Alice Hardy exclaimed;
human
I am not going to be left behind by myself.
gpt
Impossible, Alice! you don't know what the country is. You could not go wandering about up in the mountains, looking for him through all sorts of mining camps, with no decent place for a woman to sleep.
human
No, uncle; but I could stay at San Francisco till you came back with him; there must be some sort of people there you could leave me with. I am sure you would not be so unkind as to leave me in England in a state of anxiety all these months. You know I enjoy the sea, and you will want somebody to look after you during the voyage, and to see that you don't get into scrapes with that dreadful temper of yours. Besides, you must have some one to scold; you could not get on without it, and you don't scold Harry half so vigorously as you do me.