human
Innocent! Captain Jackson, exclaimed Gerald, losing sight of all other feelings in unfeigned surprise--
gpt
I cannot say that I quite understand you.
human
Why, the meaning's plain enough, I take it. Others might be apt, I say, to think you had something to do with the thing as well as she, and therefore its just as well you should make yourself scarce. The Colonel says he would'nt, on any account, you shall even be suspected.
gpt
The Colonel says--not suspected, again exclaimed Gerald with increasing astonishment--then, suddenly recollecting the situation of the latter--
human
he continued,
gpt
Worth a dozen dead men yet, or you would'nt see me taking the thing so coolly. The dagger certainly let the day light into him, but though the wound was pretty considerably deep, the doctors say its not mortal. He thinks it might have been worse if you had not come up, and partly stopped her arm when she struck at him.