human
We'll all be mighty glad to get there, believe me! he declared;
gpt
Well, just as sure as anything I see what looks like water!
human
Whereabouts, Phil? Oh! I hope now, you're not joshing us?
gpt
Stop just where you are, everybody, the pilot of the expedition told them,
human
It's water, all right, Phil,
gpt
And that means Lake Surprise, doesn't it?
human
Yes, because it's the only body of water for miles around here, Phil continued.
gpt
That's one reason they let it alone so much. Other lakes lie in bunches, and a canoe can be taken over a carry from one to another in the chain; but Surprise is an awful lonely sheet of water.
human
And that's how it must have got its name, added Ethan.
gpt
All the while nobody dreamed there was any such lake up here; and then all at once a wandering guide must have run headlong on the same, to his surprise.
human
Wish we were there on the bank right now,
gpt
Another mile, perhaps half of that, ought to take us to the water, he was assured by Phil;
human
Hurrah!