human
Here they are,
gpt
Yes, replied another,
human
It has been like this since leaving the Wimerra.
gpt
All the horses are dead.
human
The poison is not far away.
gpt
There is enough here to settle an entire troop of cavalry. This gastrolobium is a useful plant.
human
Then they were silent, added MacNabb,
gpt
Then, said Glenarvan, whose face was pale with anger,
human
Ayrton has brought us here to rob and assassinate us?
gpt
Yes,
human
And, since leaving the Wimerra, his band has followed and watched us, waiting for a favorable opportunity?
gpt
Yes.
human
But this wretch is not, then, a sailor of the Britannia? He has stolen his name and contract?
gpt
These, replied he, in his calm voice,
human
Now, replied Glenarvan,
gpt
How, I do not know, said MacNabb;
human
The police do not even know the identity of Ayrton and Ben Joyce,
gpt
You are right, John, replied the major;
human
This unfortunate, then, remarked Lady Helena,
gpt
There is no doubt of it, continued MacNabb.
human
He was meditating some hostile attack upon the Irishman, when a better opportunity was offered. Chance threw us in his way. He heard Glenarvan's story of the shipwreck, and, like a bold man, he promptly decided to take part in the expedition. At the Wimerra he communicated with one of his friends, the farrier of Black Point, and thus left distinguishable traces of our course. His band followed us. A poisonous plant enabled him to gradually kill our oxen and horses. Then, at the proper moment, he entangled us in the marshes of the Snowy, and surrendered us to the convicts he commanded.