human
I wonder, she said,
gpt
One old favorite of mine strikes me as rather grim and singularly hard to please; but so far as I can judge, he hits the mark now and then. It's a pet theme of his that only that which stands on justice, and is better than what it displaces, can endure. You see that worked out in a primitive country like West Africa.
human
But isn't the progress of civilization assisted by machine-guns and followed by gin?
gpt
A fair shot! laughed Olcott.
human
Our rule's often faulty, but it's a good deal better than the natives had before. Murray knows a creek that mutilated corpses used to drift down after each big palaver and celebration of Ju-Ju rites.
gpt
I suppose he had some trouble in putting a stop to it?
human
One would imagine so, from what I heard of the matter. An army of savages with flintlocks took the bush on the other side; there were about two dozen colored Mohammedan soldiers, a white lieutenant, carried in a hammock because he was too ill to walk, and a civil officer who wasn't authorized to fight, to carry out the reforms. Though it didn't look encouraging at the start, they were effected.
gpt
Ah, said Ethel,
human
There's one, said Olcott, indicating Andrew.
gpt
I shouldn't wonder if it costs him something.