human
Dick, said I,
gpt
I think we can manage, sir.
human
I should prefer to walk the rest of the way. I am rather shaken by my fall, and a good step out in the cool night will do more to put me to rights than anything else. When you get home, send up a message to your mistress that she is not to expect me at once. I shall arrive in due time, and she is not to be alarmed.
gpt
It's a good trudge before you, sir. And I dare say we could get the shaft tied up at Fifewell.
human
What--at this time of night? No, Dick, do as I say.