human
Is that you, Inspector Inglis?
gpt
Yes; who are you?
human
Cyril Lister. Come over yourself, or send some men. Vand and Durgo, the negro, are dead.
gpt
We heard a shot. Is----
human
No. Durgo struggled with Vand in the water-way, and they were both drowned. These gipsies here are making trouble, and Mrs. Vand is unconscious in the hut. Come across and take charge.
gpt
How the devil can we get across here? demanded Inglis.
human
It's twenty feet of water. Here you men, go round by the bridge.
gpt
It's broken down,
human
Who broke it?
gpt
Durgo. Let go, you old devil! and Cyril swung Granny Tunks aside. The woman was still trying to clutch the jewels.
human
Inglis, you'll have to swim across. There's no other way.