human
Let us understand the bargain. I drink this ale—I’m thirsty, I admit—and in return I tell you where I hide the message.
gpt
That is the bargain, assented Drinkwater.
human
I always knew every man was to be bought, but your price is the cheapest I’ve heard tell of.
gpt
It is good ale, he said.
human
Send for another measure.
gpt
Well, it’s not in the bond, but you can have it. Now, youngster, went on Drinkwater, after the second measure had been despatched,
human
In my head, sir, said Kit, with a careless nod.
gpt
Safe behind wooden walls, as my father put it when he bade me learn it all by rote.
human
No jesting, snapped Drinkwater, nettled by a guarded laugh from one of his own men.
gpt
The bargain was that you told us the message.
human
That I told you where it lay—no more, no less. I have told you, and paid for that good ale of yours.
gpt
Tie him by the legs and arms, he said dourly,