human
Have you seen the young chap we've got in the Black Hole?
gpt
No, was the reply.
human
I want to see him, though. What does he look like?
gpt
A young fellow with a smooth face, not more than eighteen, and slender as a girl.
human
None know him?
gpt
So it seems; leastways, none as has seen him yet ever saw him before. We had Dick Stanton come in and take a peep at him, and Dick says he ain't a detective--that is, a regular detective, at any rate.
human
He was caught nosing around, though?
gpt
Yes.
human
Had he tumbled to anything much?
gpt
That we don't know, for he won't say a word--aye, yes or no.
human
And what does the cap'n mean to do with him?
gpt
I give it up. One of the boys told me that in the end he meant to have him knifed.
human
The best thing to do. 'Dead men tell no tales,'