human
Good morning! How're you getting on?
gpt
You'd better hurry on a bit. The train starts back for town in about an hour.
human
Back to town! he exclaimed.
gpt
But we don't want to go back to town. We're going on to Oodnadatta.
human
Going on to Oodnadatta, are you? asked Peter, with a smile.
gpt
And how are you going to get there?
human
Why, by train, of course, broke in Vaughan. Then suddenly the events of the night appeared to him in a new light.
gpt
That is--of course--if it's running,
human
It's not running, said Peter.
gpt
And you take it from me, it won't run for a month or two. The tornado smashed the Dingo Creek bridge and tore up the line this side of it, too. Besides, the Long Cutting's full of sand. It'll take them a couple of weeks to clean that out.