human
It won't be long before they attack us, will it? asked Webster quietly;
gpt
We three are left, murmured Laura;
human
Don't let us talk of dying,
gpt
We've beaten them off before, and we'll do it again, continued Webster;
human
There is no necessity; at least, I hope so. Wait until I return,
gpt
What's in the wind now? muttered Webster, as the two looked anxiously at each other, and then stood waiting in silence while they searched the ground in vain for any sign of him. At last, after a torturing interval, they saw him reach the scene of the fight, saw him a moment, and then underwent the same suspense. It might have been an hour after he left them that he suddenly appeared below them from behind a bush, and his face told its tale before he cried,
human
It is all right.
gpt
How, they said,
human
Yes, said Hume, rubbing his knees, for he had crawled for many a yard;
gpt
But why, then, did our men leave us?
human
Be sure they have some good reason. When I saw the two retreat after the fight, I thought, with you, that Sirayo and Klaas had been killed; but I could not understand how a man like Sirayo could fall before a foe not armed with a gun, and something in their walk aroused my hopes. When they entered the reeds, I was convinced they were our men; for, naturally, the others, if they had escaped, would have run on at once to the main body.
gpt
Shake, old man, said Webster;
human
Don't leave me out,