human
He's going the way of all--all the Pledgelings, said Ponty.
gpt
Can't you stop it, Mansfield?
human
If I were captain of Templeton, I'd try, old man,
gpt
Really, Mansfield, you frighten me when you look so solemn. What can I do?
human
Do? Take him away from where he is, to begin with.
gpt
On what grounds? Pledge hasn't done anything you or I could take hold of. And if the kid is going to the dogs, we can't connect it with Pledge, any more than we can with Winter himself.
human
It's curious, at any rate, said Mansfield,
gpt
Do you call young Richardson all right? asked Ponty.
human
I should say he and his friend are in the same boat, and he's holding the tiller.
gpt
Well, said Mansfield, who, with all his earnestness, felt really baffled over the problem,
human
Certainly not, dear boy, if we can make them better; but I don't see what's to be done. I'd bless you if you could put things right.