human
Well, if arriving on one side and leaving at the other is not going through, I don't know what is!
gpt
Yes, but he went four hundred and seventy miles over ice-fields,
human
What of that?
gpt
Everything; that is the gist of the whole argument. It was not the Investigator that went through.
human
No, replied Clawbonny,
gpt
Well, in maritime expeditions the vessel has to get through, and not the man; and if ever the Northwest Passage is practicable, it will be for ships and not sledges. If a ship cannot go, a sloop must.
human
A sloop!
gpt
Altamont, said the Doctor,
human
You may easily do that, returned the American.
gpt
It is four against one, but that will not prevent me from holding my own opinion.
human
Keep it and welcome, but keep it to yourself, if you please, for the future,
gpt
And pray what right have you to speak to me like this, sir?
human
My right as captain,
gpt
Am I to submit to your orders, then?
human
Most assuredly, and woe to you if----
gpt
Yankee Doodle.