human
I’ve only a quart of petrol, he said.
gpt
Wilkins has taken the rest, and our monthly allowance isn’t due till to-morrow. The camp’s about eleven miles, and we’ve nearly half an hour; but there’s a stiff hill that will use most of the petrol; it’s an old Ford and can barely do fifteen miles to the gallon.
human
I’ll run up the hill on my two feet to lighten the car, said the stranger, eagerly;
gpt
You must have been a stayer in your time, sir,
human
Maybe I was that, the time I did a Marathon, and was not the last either. Only for being five and forty I wouldn’t be troubling you, for a matter of eleven miles. But it’s a sail I see you have. There’s a nice breeze from the west, surely, and if the car doesn’t upset on us I’m thinking we’d do without petrol only for the hill.
gpt
Faith removes mountains, said Eves.
human
You’ve a pretty good share of it.
gpt
Faith, and I have then. And if so be the car upsets on us, sure we’ll have a bit of fun, and maybe that’ll make up for the disappointment.