human
It answers Hartley's description. After all, I don't think it's extraordinary that we should have taken so much trouble to push on past the right place.
gpt
Why?
human
It's the natural result of possessing a temperament like yours. Somehow, you've got it firmly fixed into your mind that everything worth doing must be hard.
gpt
I've generally found it so.
human
I think, grinned Carroll,
gpt
As a rule, that leads to your having to fall back upon the other one; and a frontal attack on a difficulty's often quicker than considering how you can work round its flank. In this case, I'll own we have wasted a lot of time and taken a good deal of trouble that might have been avoided. But are you going to sit here and smoke?
human
Until I've finished my pipe, Carroll answered firmly.
gpt
I expect we'll find tobacco, among other things, getting pretty scarce before this expedition ends.