human
Altamont, you have saved my life!
gpt
You saved mine,
human
We're quits, Hatteras.
gpt
No, Altamont, said the captain;
human
Why, you are a fellow-creature at any rate, and whatever faults an American may have, he is no coward.
gpt
No, indeed, said the Doctor.
human
He is a man, every inch as much as yourself, Hatteras.
gpt
And like me, he shall have part in the glory that awaits us.
human
The glory of reaching the North Pole?
gpt
Yes,
human
I guessed right, then,
gpt
And you have actually dared to conceive such a project? Oh! it is grand; I tell you it is sublime even to think of it?
human
But tell me, said Hatteras in a hurried manner;
gpt
Come, speak out, man,
human
Well, to tell the truth, I was not, and the truth is better than self-love. No, I had no such grand purpose in view. I was trying to clear the North-West Passage, and that was all.
gpt
Altamont, said Hatteras, holding out his hand;