human
You must not go down till it is light; it is as much as your life is worth.
gpt
I am going to Bangor, sir; and go I will!
human
I tell you, there is fifteen hundred feet of slippery screes below you.
gpt
As steep as a house-roof, and with every tile on it loose. You will roll from top to bottom before you have gone a hundred yards.
human
What care I? Let me go, I say! Curse you, sir! Do you mean to use force?
gpt
I do,
human
You have assaulted me, sir! The law shall avenge this insult, if there be law in England!
gpt
I know nothing about law: but I suppose it will justify me in saving any man's life who is rushing to certain death.
human
Look here, sir! said Naylor.
gpt
Go down, if you will, when it grows light: but from this place you do not stir yet. Whatever you may think of our conduct to-night, you will thank us for it to-morrow morning, when you see where you are.