human
A miracle! he gasped.
gpt
There is nothing there.
human
There was something dark, I fancied, upon the strip of beach, sir,
gpt
I thought so too. It was a tarred plank of timber.
human
Then the tide must have reached him.
gpt
The sea alone knows, he said.
human
For the first time, though, Robert, I feel inclined to agree with the newspapers, who speak of the strange disappearance of the Honourable Antimony Palliser. Could any man go backwards over that palisading, do you think, and save his life?
gpt
Miracles can't happen, sir,
human
Nevertheless, Tallente said, a little gloomily,