human
Of course, he said,
gpt
Oh, hang all that! Mead interrupted with a gesture of irritation.
human
I don't expect and don't want anything we have done just now to make any difference with your feelings toward me, or change the policy of the Fillmore Cattle Company. And I don't want it to influence the actions of the Republicans in Las Plumas, either. We didn't do it for that purpose, and I'm not buying protection for myself that way. What we did was the barest humanity.
gpt
No, Mr. Wellesly, Nick Ellhorn broke in,
human
As it was my men who were to blame for your condition, I suppose I would have been, in a way, responsible.
gpt
When are we goin' to start after 'em, Nick?
human
I'm ready whenever you are.
gpt
All right. To-morrow morning, then.
human
gpt
You two won't go alone!
human
We're enough,
gpt
You bet we are! added Nick.
human
If they see Tom and me comin' they'll know they've got to give up. They've seen us shoot, and that scrub, Haney, has got some sense, though I reckon Jim would be just fool enough to get behind a rock and pop at us till we blowed his brains out.
gpt
Oh, I say, now! This is a foolhardy scheme! Let them go, and if they come out of there alive we'll get hold of them somehow. It would be dangerous to the last degree for you two alone to attempt to bring them out across that desert.
human
Don't you worry, said Nick.
gpt
We ain't 'lowing to bring 'em out.