human
Stand back, he shouted, as the boys crowded forward.
gpt
I shan’t do it unless you all stand back.
human
Are they down there? Can you see them?
gpt
Yes, I see them.
human
My! just think, we might have been here watching them just as well as not,
gpt
Lucky you didn’t know it, for a crowd of you boys jiggling and pushing and fooling, as boys do, would have gone over. Stand back there!
human
Hullo, below! shouted the mate.
gpt
Here’s some food for you.
human
Got it?
gpt
Yes, all right!
human
There! that’s all I can do for them, said the mate, reeling in the line.
gpt
Now, boys, I’ll give you some advice for nothing: Go back to a safer place, and wait for your friends. They will be prisoners for over two hours yet, and if you stay here some of the rest of you will be pretty likely to tumble over to keep them company; only I reckon your company wouldn’t be good for much after you got down there.
human
All right, sir, said Joe, glad to have some one speak authoritatively.--
gpt
Come on, boys! Let’s go back and lie around on the rocks and tell stories.
human
Agreed, if you will be the teller,