human
Then --his voice lost its savagery, and became soft and tender--
gpt
Mr. Van Emmon and I, stated Billie coolly, as they put on their bracelets,
human
Mr. Van Emmon.
gpt
I argue, remarked the geologist,
human
He forgets that all these chemical methods require pure chemicals. And you don't find them pure in the natural state. You've got to have fire to reduce them with.
gpt
What's your proposition, then?
human
Optics! enthusiastically. She produced a large magnifying-glass from her pocket.
gpt
All we have to do is to show Dulnop--he's something of a mineralogist--how to grind and polish a piece of crystal into this shape!
human
Marvelous! Say, if you knew how infernally hard it is to find even a small piece of crystal, you'd never propose such a thing! Why, it would take years--Mrs. Van Emmon!
gpt
Neither of you has the right idea. The easiest way, under the circumstances, would be an electrical one.
human
Thunder; I'm always speaking first and thinking afterward. I never used to do it, accusingly,
gpt
Guess it's up to you, doc,
human
You three will never learn anything. You'll continue to think that I'm a regular wonder about these things, but you never notice that I merely stay still and let you commit yourselves first before I say anything. All I have to do is select the one idea remaining after you've disproved the rest. Nothing to it!
gpt
I'm afraid we're reduced to the spark method. It would take too long to procure materials pure enough for any other plan. Friction is out of the question for such people; they haven't the patience. Suppose we go ahead on the flint-and-spark basis.