human
I didn't, he said sharply.
gpt
It's a little difficult to believe it now. You're quite sure?
human
I saw him, the lad persisted.
gpt
I was riding here along the trail and I'd come to the ravine. It's quite likely the birches had hidden me, for when I came out of them he was sitting on the edge of the sloo on the south side, near enough for me to recognize him, eating something. The next moment he rolled over into the grass and vanished.
human
Then you didn't speak to him?
gpt
He was too quick. It looked as if he didn't want me to see him, and I rode on. I had to call at Forrester's and I found Corporal Slaney there. One or two things he said made it clear that he hadn't the faintest notion that Winthrop was within a mile or two of him.