human
I have thought of it, he said.
gpt
Some day I may go, but it is at the far end of the province, and for one who works on a steamboat wharf the getting there is a risky venture. I don't suppose everybody finds gold.
human
I'm afraid they don't, and the cost of transporting provisions is a serious matter to those who fail. In fact, some of them have been giving my father trouble. They appear to lay the blame of everything on the mining regulations.
gpt
From what I remember of your views, you would no doubt be inclined to agree with them.
human
I really fancy I have learned a little sense in Canada, and I am not going to inflict my crude notions upon you again. Still, there is a question I should like to ask. Did Mr. Esmond of Holtcar--recover?
gpt
Of course. In fact, he got better in a week or two, and I think behaved very generously. The police could not induce him to give them any information about the men who injured him.
human
I wonder, he said,
gpt
You, she said, with incisive coldness,
human
You will remember the form of my question. I was supposed to be one of them--but that was all,
gpt
Of course, she said,
human
I should have known it was absurd to fancy that you could do anything of that kind.
gpt
I am afraid I have kept you, said Ingleby.
human
Perhaps I should not have abused your kindness by letting you stop at all, but the desire to see you was too strong for me. I wonder whether even you would have dared to do as much had it been in England?
gpt
I scarcely think we need go into that, and I can't keep the others waiting any longer, she said.
human
Perhaps I shall meet you in the Green River country.