human
Don't let him talk much, Mr. Ruskin said.
gpt
The less he talks, the better; but your talking to him, for a time, will cheer him up and do him good.
human
I am glad to see you going on so well, Mr. Donald, Reuben said heartily, as he entered.
gpt
The doctor says you are not to talk much; but you are to play the part of a listener.
human
Do you think you will catch these fellows?
gpt
I will catch them, sooner or later, Reuben said.
human
I will run them down if they are above ground; but I can take no steps in the matter until I hear from my black boy. I have been expecting him to turn up, ever since I got here; and shall begin to be afraid that those scoundrels have ill treated him, if he does not turn up before long.
gpt
My wife has been telling me that they knew you at home, Whitney; and that she and her people did you some terrible injustice, somehow. But she wouldn't go into the matter. Curious, isn't it, your meeting at this end of the world; and that, too, at such a moment?
human
It is curious, Reuben said;
gpt
Ah! he said suddenly,
human
When I was tried, Reuben put in quietly.
gpt
Yes, that was me. I was acquitted, as you know, principally from the way in which Mr. Ellison stood up for me. Thank God that he never, for an instant, believed that I was guilty.
human
And to think it should be you! Mr. Donald said.
gpt
How strange things turn out! I remember I could not make up my mind about it. It seemed so strange, either way.
human
We had better not talk about it now, Reuben said quietly.
gpt
I said then, and I say now, that I knew the people who did it and, strange as the circumstances have already been, you may think them stranger still, some day, if I bring one of them before you, alive or dead.
human
Will you say goodnight to Miss Ellison and Mrs. Barker for me, Mrs. Donald? And tell Mr. Barker that I shall be ready, in five minutes, to smoke that pipe we talked about with him, outside.
gpt
Jones, what is it?
human
Your black has just come, sir. I would not let him come in; for the fact is, he ain't a figure to introduce among ladies.
gpt
What's the matter with him, Jones? Not hurt, I hope?
human
He has been knocked about a bit, sir; and he is done up with travelling. The poor fellow can hardly crawl, and was half starved; so I set him to work eating, and came off to fetch you.