human
Someone bundled me into a carriage, and I came to on the way to the hospital. It was the next day, after I awoke in my cot and persuaded them to let me out, that I had the good luck to run into you. My clothes had been left in the house and all I had was the lounging robe which I had put on early in the evening.
gpt
But you had your nerve to dare venture out in that rig!
human
I had to get back to the house. The girl didn't know where I had gone, and, for all I knew, was at the mercy of the same madman who struck me.
gpt
That's right--you had to do it. But honestly, I would rather have met twenty more maniacs in the dark than go out upon the street in that Jap juggler costume of yours. What happened after you left me?
human
And then I ran into Stubbs and landed here,
gpt
What did Stubbs tell you of this expedition?
human
Nothing--except that we are running to Carlina.
gpt
Yes, sighed Danbury, dreamily,