human
But, my good man, expostulated MacDonald,
gpt
In that case, replied their cicerone with a scarcely perceptible shrug of the shoulders,
human
If our genial innkeeper intends to murder us, he said,
gpt
Oh, I have no thought, replied MacDonald,
human
How distrustful you Highlanders are of each other! cried the young monarch laughing.
gpt
Bless me, Jamie, no bargain made in durance will hold; then you must remember you have me behind you, and I have all the power in Scotland behind me.
human
That is very true, but the power of nothing is behind either of us if we cannot get word to the outside world. Last night on learning we were invited to this place, I searched for my gillies, but without success. My boat and its crew have been taken elsewhere. So you see there is at least a design to cut our communications. I'm thinking we'll see more of Loch Follart from this window for a while than of the field of Bannockburn from Stirling Towers.
gpt
I quite agree with you, Jamie, that we're fairly nabbed, but the old gentleman who has us in thrall can make nothing by ill-using us. Sooner or later he must divulge his plan, whatever it is, before he can benefit from it, and when he does that it will be time enough to consider what course we are to pursue.
human
Is your master at home?