human
Well, faith now, what d'you think? The most improbable thing you can imagine!
gpt
What may that be, Major?
human
It's not what it may be, it's what it _is_ that's astonishing me. We've got a stowaway aboard us!
gpt
Stowaway? Impossible!
human
True, nevertheless. Manderson has just now routed him out of the starboard storage-room, near the reserve petrol-tank.
gpt
Hm! Who is he?
human
Don't know yet. He's still dopy. Just coming out of the effects of the lethalizing gas.
gpt
Ah, yes, yes, I see. One of the former crew, I suppose. This is quite inexcusable. That a man should have been overlooked and left aboard--it won't do, Major. Kloof was responsible for that room. Kloof will have to suffer. Any other news?
human
Travers, the New Zealander, is wounded.
gpt
Badly?
human
I'm afraid he's hard hit, sir.
gpt
Well, I'll have a look at him and at this stowaway. Where are they, now?
human
In the lazaret, I suppose you call it. Though what a hospital is, aboard an air-liner, blest if I know!
gpt
Sick-bay, we'll call it. Problems rising already. A stowaway--rather odd, I must say. Still, as a problem, it's not hard to solve. Nothing simpler than dropping a man overboard.
human
You--surely, you wouldn't do that!
gpt
That remains to be seen. Come, let's have a look at him!