human
said Vaughan.
gpt
What does that mean?
human
Blest if I know. With the cattle, I expect. I wonder where the Musgrave Ranges are.
gpt
But why does he say 'tell the trooper and no one else'? asked Vaughan again.
human
Yet he wouldn't say 'don't worry' if anything was up, would he?
gpt
Oh, nothing's really up, said Sax with conviction.
human
He means he's a bit late, that's all. P'raps the trooper's expecting him or something. Of course he wouldn't want anybody else to know. You see, he's got a name here, said the lad proudly.
gpt
They call him Boss Stobart. Even the nigger did that.
human
But he'll be a long time, Sax. He won't be in for a week or so at any rate, or else he wouldn't tell us to get a job, would he?