human
Come on, George! he shouted.
gpt
Off with your clothes!
human
I'm ashamed of you!
gpt
What's the matter now?
human
I naturally concluded that you were all busy at work--the same as me. How the blazes do you expect us to get this job done if you behave in this demoralizing way?
gpt
Ah! This is a brain-wave. Dr. Croft and I thought it out this morning and acted on it there and then.
human
So I can gather, quite easily!
gpt
Those damned natives are getting sick of work, he said.
human
This morning they were worse than ever. We offered 'em more cheap and nasty jewelry. But they've lost interest in it. They're overloaded with the stuff. So we cudgelled our brains, and this is the result. At heart they're little children. What they want is enjoyment, not gimcrack knickknacks. This little exhibition of aquatic merriment has turned their heads. Look at them! . . . They'd give anything for a joy-ride on this. See the idea?
gpt
You mean that excursions on this horrible contrivance will be their reward for industry?
human
You've hit it first time, my lad. For every day of good hard, honest toil they'll get fifteen minutes' excitement round the harbor. And I'll stake my last farthing that when they know, we shall be simply besieged with applicants for jobs.
gpt
You're a genius! I said, as I scrambled aboard.
human
Let her rip!