human
The shock would have dropped a man raised in the cities right off, but I think we'll pull him round, he said.
gpt
Still, it's not going to be done in a day or two.
human
How long do you think it will be before he can walk again?
gpt
A month, anyway, and quite likely six weeks; that is, before you could let him start out on the trail. I don't quite know what we're going to do with him in the meanwhile.
human
You're not going to do anything, he said half-coherently.
gpt
I'll give myself up. I can't stay here and make trouble for the boys.
human
You go to sleep!
gpt
That's just the point, he said.
human
The boys don't mean to let the police have him?
gpt
No, and Ingleby's manner suggested that the subject was not worth discussion.
human
They wouldn't think of it for a minute. I'd have nothing more to do with them if they did.
gpt
Well, he said,
human
I can pull the man round, but I'm not going to answer for what will happen if the troopers get hold of him. He's tough, but he wants looking after, and there's no one at the outpost knows more than enough to pull a stone out of a cayuse's hoof.
gpt
You can take out a bullet, anyway,
human
Oh yes. I'd have had quite a nice practice by this time if it had been convenient for me to stay in Connecticut. As it happened, it wasn't.
gpt
Tomlinson, he said,
human
I can take my chances. I'm not going back on a sick man, anyway.
gpt
Where's Sewell?
human
I don't know, said Ingleby.
gpt
He wasn't at home this morning. Most likely he's looking for a deer.
human
Then I guess you'll have to do. Esmond has trailed Tomlinson to the bakery. He has got Hetty and Tom Leger at the outpost now.
gpt
You're quite sure?
human
Well, said the other,
gpt
I guess I ought to be. I met them. Trooper Grieve didn't stop their talking, and they told me. Esmond tried to bluff where Tomlinson was out of them, and they're to stand in with him as accessories.