human
See, a tiny cloudlet in the sky; the first I have ever seen in crossing these deserts.
gpt
A cloud, where?
human
There, right up in the blue vault of heaven,
gpt
Why, it is a bird; some great vulture of the desert. It seems to be diving right down upon us! These vultures, I hear, have often attacked the airships in the desert. It evidently takes us for some new kind of prey.
human
A bird! cried the captain, who had now joined the speakers.
gpt
Let me see it?
human
There it is!
gpt
It is an aeroplane,
human
An aeroplane?
gpt
Why, so it is; but I say, Captain, what a peculiar type of aeroplane! It is one of the patrols, I expect, come to meet us.
human
Your glasses, if you please, for one moment,