human
Hush--I'm a friend, said a voice, almost at his elbow.
gpt
I thought you were somewhere around here, but I couldn't find you until you flashed your light. You're caught in a trap, aren't you?
human
Yes, said Dick.
gpt
Who are you?
human
That's what I want to know about you, first, said the other boy--for it was another boy, as Harry learned from his voice. Never had a sound been more welcome in his ears than that voice!
gpt
Tell me who you are and what you two were doing around here. I saw you this afternoon and tracked you. I tried to before, but I couldn't, on account of your motorcycles. Then I just happened to see you, when you were on foot. Are you Boy Scouts?
human
Yes, said Harry.
gpt
Are you?
human
Yes. That's why I followed--especially when I saw you coming in here. We've got a patrol in the village, but most of the scouts are at work in the fields.
gpt
You'd better get out, if you know how, and take word, said Harry.
human
I think my chum got away, but it would be better to be sure. And they'll be after me soon.
gpt
If they give us two or three minutes we'll both get out, said the newcomer, confidently.
human
I know this place with my eyes shut. I used to play here before the old family moved away. I'm the vicar's son, in the village, and I always had the run of the park until these new people came. And I've been in here a few times since then, too.
gpt
That's all right, said Harry.
human
But how am I going to get out of this trap?
gpt
Let me have your flashlight a moment,