human
Well, Edward!
gpt
Well, my dear Helena, he replied,
human
They refused?
gpt
Yes, they refused me a vessel: they spoke of the millions vainly spent in searching for Franklin; they declared the document was vague and unintelligible; they said that the shipwreck of these unfortunates had happened two years ago, and that there was little chance of finding them. They maintained too, that, if prisoners of the Indians, they must have been carried into the interior of the country; that they could not ransack all Patagonia to find three men,--three Scotchmen; the search would be vain and perilous, and would cost the lives of more men than it would save. In short, they gave all the absurd reasons of people who mean to refuse. They remembered the captain's projects, and I fear that the unfortunate man is forever lost!
human
My father, my poor father!
gpt
Your father! What, Miss----?
human
Yes, Edward, Miss Grant and her brother, replied Lady Helena;
gpt
Ah, miss! answered Lord Glenarvan,