human
What’s the next thing on the bill of fare, then?
gpt
I’m going to cut,
human
What good will that do?
gpt
I’ll leave a note for Bernard, confessing about the books, and then Joe Chester can go. Even if the master did not get the note till after the boat started, he would come back for Joe.
human
Now, Ralph, if you do this I am set adrift too, you see. I have told as many lies as you have, and if you tell on yourself it will come out somehow,--that I know.
gpt
No, it won’t, Ben.
human
It will, as sure as anything. Anyhow my courage is gone too. I don’t want to face Mr. Bernard and the other fellows. No, sir! I shall stick by you. Give us your hand, old fellow. ’Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish,’ we’ll stick together. What’s the use of a chum that won’t stick? Now, where shall we go? That’s the question.
gpt
That’s the question,