human
Mr Frewen, do you know me?
gpt
Know you?--know you? Yes, of course, he said hoarsely.
human
What is the matter?--what has happened?
gpt
You were hurt when the powder went off, I said, watching his face eagerly.
human
Don't you remember?
gpt
Yes, he cried eagerly.
human
I threw myself back over the barricade with you.
gpt
And the door and all the boxes and chests were blown in and buried us, I think.
human
Was--was any one killed?
gpt
I don't know; I think not,
human
But don't you know, boy?
gpt
No; I was hurt by the chests the same as you were, and don't know what happened. It was all like being in a dream till a little while ago.
human
Then you know nothing?
gpt
I only have a sort of misty recollection of lying there after the explosion, till I was carried out on deck and laid in the sun.
human
The scoundrel!
gpt
Well, I thought it very jolly of him then, I said,
human
Right to the bottom of the sea,
gpt
Yes; and you seem to have been hurt.
human
Hurt? I should think I was, horribly, I cried;
gpt
But the passengers, Dale? he said excitedly, as he tried to sit up, but sank back with a groan;
human
Didn't you see anything to suggest that any one was killed and--and thrown overboard?
gpt
No, Mr Frewen.
human
Go out then and make inquiries, my good lad, he said piteously;
gpt
You forget,
human
Forget? What?
gpt
That we are prisoners. I couldn't get out.
human
Yes, yes, he moaned.
gpt
I forgot. My head is all confused and strange. What's that?
human
Some one knocking gently at the bulk-head,
gpt
Then there is some one else a prisoner, he cried.
human
Quick, speak to him.
gpt
Better not speak, I said;