human
Well, Fanning, what's the betting on my shot being the right one? cried Sellon, whose mercurial spirits had gone up sky-high under the influence of a new excitement.
gpt
We must be more than halfway up this beastly water-pipe. A few minutes more will decide it. What's the betting?
human
I still say, don't make too sure, Sellon. I'm sorry to say it occurs to me that the expression `up there,' on which this new idea of yours turns, may mean nothing more than when a man talks of `up country'. It may not mean on top of a mountain, don't you know.
gpt
The devil it mayn't! What an old wet blanket you are, Fanning. Well, we shall soon see now. Hallo! What have you got there?