human
He has Jerry beaten a mile,
gpt
Listen, she replied, in tense whispers.
human
Did you ever see that dog before?
gpt
You have seen him before, she insisted.
human
Look at that crinkled ear. Think! Think back! Remember!
gpt
Remember the Solomons, she pressed.
human
Remember the _Ariel_. Remember when we came back from Malaita, where we picked Jerry up, to Tulagi, that he had a brother there, a nigger-chaser on a schooner.
gpt
And his name was Michael--go on.
human
And he had that self-same crinkled ear, she hurried.
gpt
And he was rough- coated. And he was full brother to Jerry. And their father and mother were Terrence and Biddy of Meringe. And Jerry is our Sing Song Silly. And this dog sings. And he has a crinkled ear. And his name is Michael.
human
Impossible,
gpt
It is when the impossible comes true that life proves worth while, she retorted.
human
And this is one of those worth-whiles of impossibles. I know it.
gpt
God Save the King.
human
That shows I am right, Villa contended.
gpt
No American, in America, would teach a dog 'God Save the King.' An Englishman originally owned that dog and taught it. The Solomons are British.
human
That's a far cry, he smiled.
gpt
But what gets me is that ear. I remember it now. I remember the day when we were on the beach at Tulagi with Jerry, and when his brother came ashore from the _Eugenie_ in a whaleboat. And his brother had that self-same, loppy, crinkled ear.
human
And more, Villa argued.
gpt
How many singing dogs have we ever known! Only one--Jerry. Evidently such a type occurs rarely. The same family would more likely produce similar types than different families. The family of Terrence and Biddy produced Jerry. And this is Michael.
human
He _was_ rough-coated, along with a crinkly ear, Harley meditated back.
gpt
I see him distinctly as he stood up in the bow of the whaleboat and as he ran along the beach side by side with Jerry.
human
If Jerry should to-morrow run side by side with him you would be convinced?
gpt
It was their trick, and the trick of Terrence and Biddy before them, he agreed.
human
But it's a far cry from the Solomons to the United States.
gpt
Jerry is such a far cry, she replied.
human
And if Jerry won from the Solomons to California, then is there anything more remarkable in Michael so winning?--Oh, listen!
gpt
Home, Sweet Home.