human
Can you come here, dear?
gpt
What is it? she questioned breathlessly.
human
Is he dead?
gpt
I do not know; but that man is not Cavendish.
human
Not Cavendish! Why he told me that was his name; he even described being thrown from the back platform of a train by that Ned Beaton; who can he be, then?
gpt
That is more than I can guess; only he is not Fred Cavendish. Will you hold the lamp until I learn if he is alive?