human
For heaven’s sake light that beacon again! he ordered.
gpt
If assistance does not arrive to-day, all these secrets I have endeavoured to rescue will be lost.
human
What will you do?
gpt
Blow the whole place up,
human
And shoot the prisoners?
gpt
No.
human
What then?
gpt
Rouse them up, somehow, handcuff them together and take them away.
human
Some job that,
gpt
Aeroplane!
human
Where?
gpt
Right up in the blue. There, can you see her?
human
Yes, I have her now, but she’s very high. Can it be the _Scorpion_, do you think?
gpt
Cannot say yet. I’ll fetch the glasses.
human
Run for them, quickly! I cannot hear her engines at all. It must be the brigand.
gpt
Ah, there, I hear the engines now, very faintly, though. Rolls-Royce engines too, thank God!