human
Our meeting was a fortunate one for us, Mr. Winslow. But for you we would still be prisoners in that dreadful place, and perhaps would not have been able to get away from it till after dark. You certainly saved my peace of mind, and my mother will thank you for thus restoring her daughter to her arms.
gpt
I shall be glad to tell her what a good mountain climber her daughter is, smiled Winslow.
human
You both did well, and gave a good exhibition of American pluck. If I mistake not, you are Americans? Almost all the tourists who come here are Americans.
gpt
Yes, we are New Yorkers,
human
My home also for several years, said Winslow.
gpt
My summers are usually spent away.
human
It may seem strange to you that we should have been caught in such a trap, but we had been told to return in an hour, and we did not think it possible that the tide could rise so rapidly as it did. We are collecting mineral specimens,--not as some of you gentlemen fish, you know, with silver hooks, but we find our own specimens, and in our enthusiasm among the agates and amethysts we did not note how far we were away from the point until too late.
gpt
And our lovely specimens! cried Miss Gaston.
human
We have left them on the beach; I did not bring a crystal of any kind.
gpt
Grace, you may have to go after them alone to-morrow. Mother objected to letting me go away from her to-day. After this experience I do not think I shall desire to attempt another for some time.
human
I shall return to-morrow by way of the shore and may be able to find your collection, said Winslow.
gpt
My work will keep me here two or three days longer, and my intention is to go over the beach thoroughly on foot.
human
We have already put ourselves under obligation to you beyond our power to repay,