human
I don’t know how this affair is to end, old boy; but I would rather be in your shoes than mine.
gpt
So would I!
human
To-morrow morning at six we are to start for the Cape to take steamer for our island camp-ground. Several boys will be left behind, having forfeited their pleasure. Unless the boy who was guilty of the mischief, and the far greater crime of hiding himself behind a lie, will confess, Joseph Chester must stay behind.
gpt
There is time now for the guilty boy or boys to speak.
human
Chester, my boy, unless you receive other orders you will remain behind. This, I think you know, gives me more pain than it does you, and I am sure you understand why I deem it necessary.