human
This is an abominable slope, he exclaimed.
gpt
I've been on worse in Switzerland, but I had an ice-ax and wasn't half starved then. However, we'll have another try.
human
It means frost-bitten hands if these things give out, and they won't stand much more, he said.
gpt
The worst of it is that you think we'll find we have wasted our labor when we get to the top. I believe I could feel cheerful if I could see Mappin crawling up after us.
human
Mappin has more sense. He stays in his office, which is how money is made. You don't, as a rule, get much for doing this kind of thing. Still, he has to take some chances, and one he didn't size up right is going back on him. When I'm feeling tired and hungry I like to think of my meeting with that man.
gpt
When you're feeling tired and hungry! Andrew exclaimed.
human
I feel both all the time!
gpt
Well, returned Carnally,
human
Stop! said Andrew.
gpt
It won't bear thinking of! I know what I'll get for supper, and that's an inch or two of flinty bannock, burned black outside.