human
What is it, friend?
gpt
I am blind, chief, blind!
human
Yoh!
gpt
Say nothing to her, for it will soon be morning, and she must stand in the eye and watch. Bind this handkerchief about my eyes.
human
I cannot--my arm is broken; but I will send Klaas with water. It is bad--this thing that has happened. It would have been better had you let me go out on the ledge.
gpt
And your arm is broken, muttered Hume.
human
We owe our lives to her, and the mountain is slipping away.
gpt
Where is he?
human
He is tired; moreover, he says the morning is near at hand, when you will stand in the place above.
gpt
To see the Golden Rock, she murmured.
human
At last; but at what cost of suffering!
gpt
What do you say about the rock?
human
Are you better?
gpt
Ay, except that my head feels strangely light. Where is Hume?
human
He has been watching through the night, and is still out on the ledge.
gpt
Good fellow. I will take his watch when I am well.