human
That's young Thornton on the right, said Billy Byles to me, in a low tone,
gpt
Robert Thornton, the d--d rascally attorney who makes so much mischief in the place; and that's Matthew Leary over on the other side; but who the devil that is in the middle, I don't know.
human
That's Lewis the trader, I answered;
gpt
I came in the boat with him.
human
Oh, ho! ejaculated Mr. Byles.
gpt
Now let's ride slowly on, and have a chat with them, to give the others time to come up. Keep spread out, so that none of them can pass; and let me manage it, Sir Richard, for we may as well begin quietly, so that when the fight comes we may have help near at hand, for you see, all mustered, they are two to one.
human
Good morning, Mr. Thornton, said Billy Byles, in a cheerful tone.
gpt
You must have been out early to have got so far from your place by this time.
human
So must you, Mr. Byles, replied Thornton, who, to say the truth, was a tall, stout, good-looking man, from whose appearance I certainly should never have divined his character.