human
I believe, from what I have heard of your work in the past, that you could build an aeroplane which would win the ten-thousand-dollar prize, he went on.
gpt
I would be very glad if you did win it, and, so I think, would be the gentlemen associated with me in this enterprise. It would be fine to have a New York State youth win the grand prize. Come, Tom Swift, build a special craft, and enter the contest!
human
Oh! Excuse me, Tom, he said,
gpt
I didn't know you had company.
human
Don't go, father, said Tom.
gpt
You will be as much interested in this as I am. This is Mr. Gunmore, of the Eagle Park Aviation Association. This is my father, Mr. Gunmore.
human
I've heard of you, spoke the secretary as he shook hands with the aged inventor.
gpt
You and your son have made, in aeronautics, a name to be proud of.
human
And he wants us to go still farther, dad, broke in the youth.
gpt
He wants me to build a specially speedy aeroplane, and race for ten thousand dollars.
human
Hum! mused Mr. Swift.
gpt
Well, are you going to do it, Tom? Seems to me you ought to take a rest. You haven't been back from your gold-hunting trip to Alaska long enough to more than catch your breath, and now--
human
Oh, he doesn't have to go in this right away, eagerly explained Mr. Gunmore.
gpt
There is plenty of time to make a new craft.
human
Well, Tom can do as he likes about it, said his father.
gpt
Do you think you could build anything speedier than your Butterfly, son?
human
I think so, father. That is, if you'd help me. I have a plan partly thought out, but it will take some time to finish it. Still, I might get it done in time.
gpt
I hope you'll try! exclaimed the secretary.
human
May I ask whether it would be a monoplane or a biplane?
gpt
A monoplane, I think, answered Tom.
human
They are much more speedy than the double-deckers, and if I'm going to try for the ten thousand dollars I need the fastest machine I can build.
gpt
We have the promise of one or two very fast monoplanes for the meet, went on Mr. Gunmore.
human
Would yours be of a new type?