human
Why, what's the meaning of this?
gpt
The meaning of it? cried Peterkin, as he advanced and restored the rifle to its place.
human
A pretty fellow you are to mount guard! we might have been all murdered in our sleep by niggers or eaten alive by gorillas, for all that you would have done to save us.
gpt
But, Peterkin, said I gravely,
human
My dear fellow, cried Peterkin, with much earnestness,
gpt
I know that as well as you. But, in the first place, you were guilty of so heinous a crime that I determined to punish you, and at the same time to do it in a way that would impress it forcibly on your memory; and in the second place, I would not have done it at all had I not known that your nerves are as strong as those of a dray-horse. You ought to be taking shame to yourself on account of your fault rather than objecting to your punishment.
human
Peterkin is right, my boy, said Jack, laughing,