human
Oh, here's a Tommy soft,
gpt
Don't,
human
I'm so glad I met you, as every one is so strange, and I don't like to question the servants--I mean the stewards--because they are all so busy. How long will it be to breakfast?
gpt
Quite half-an-hour, said the doctor, smiling, as he looked at his watch.
human
Hungry?
gpt
Oh no; I wanted to know if there would be time to see to my little charges first.
human
Your little--Oh yes, I remember the captain told me. You have quite a collection.
gpt
Yes, very large, and I am anxious to get them all across safely.
human
I wish you success, I'm sure, said the doctor quietly.
gpt
You naturalists take a great deal of pains over your studies.
human
Oh, we do our best, said the big man mildly, and it was just as if a girl was speaking.
gpt
Perhaps your two young gentlemen would like to see them.
human
To be sure they would, said the doctor.
gpt
Let me introduce them. Let me see, your name is--
human
Preddle--Arthur Preddle.
gpt
To be sure, you told me last night in the cabin. Then here are two of our embryo captains, Mr--
human
Nicholas Walters,
gpt
And--
human
Alison Dale.
gpt
That's right; I like to know the name of my patients present or to be. Let me make you known to Mr Arthur Preddle, FZS.
human
And FLS,
gpt
To be sure, forgive my ignorance, said the doctor.
human
Now let's go and see the fish.