human
See here, old fellow, I'm off to the Profile House. Can you get ready?
gpt
Get ready? Why, you can't go anywhere tonight.
human
Yes I can. The proprietor says he will send us across to Redwood to catch the night train for Ogdensburg.
gpt
But how about the Lachine Rapids? You have been talking about those rapids for two months. I thought that was what we came here for.
human
Do you want to run right into the smallpox at Montreal?
gpt
Oh, I don't mind. I never take anything of that sort.
human
But don't you see that it isn't safe for the Lamonts and Mrs. Farquhar to go there?
gpt
I suppose not; I never thought of that. You have dragged me all over the continent, and I didn't suppose there was any way of escaping the rapids. But what is the row now? Has Irene telegraphed you that she has got over her chill?
human
Read that letter.