human
That's quite right, Everest, you're the boss of this show, Merton said, after a second.
gpt
You arrange the thing any way you like.
human
Why won't _you_ stay with me?
gpt
Because I don't choose to, he returned, almost brutally for him, so great was the contrast to his usual voice and manner.
human
You are making yourself absolutely ridiculous. I will ask Regina to stay with you to take care of you, but if she refuses you'll have to stay alone.
gpt
I'll go over and ask her and then come back to you and we can fix up our plans. I think if we could ride out to the ridge to-night in the cool, and be round those water-holes just after dawn, that's about the best we can do.
human
Right! Anything you say, Everest,
gpt
Come, Sybil, you'd better go back to the dining tent and wait for me there till I've seen Regina,
human
Splendid, plucky girl that other, you know, remarked the doctor.
gpt
I think it will be a beastly shame if Lanark makes her stop in camp to look after your precious sister.
human
Don't talk to me, growled Merton.
gpt
I'm savage enough with her; she wants a good shaking, upsetting things like this.
human
Everest, you're angry with me, faltered Sybil, as they got outside.
gpt
I can't help being frightened--can--can I?
human
Not altogether, I suppose, returned Everest contemptuously.
gpt
But you can help making a fuss about it. You could stay quietly in camp and not bother anybody else if you chose.
human
I should have thought you would have liked to stay with me, she murmured plaintively, slipping her tiny hand through his arm.
gpt
If they all go, and Regina too, we should be in the camp all night--together--alone--we could----Oh, Everest, do; won't you?