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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Cling to my saddle!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thanks, my lord, replied he," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Your horse, Robert?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, my lord, all right! He swims like a fish." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Attention!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Courage! courage!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right! all right! replied the worthy geographer;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you abandon him?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thalcave, friend Thalcave!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He will be saved, Mr. Robert, said Wilson;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now what shall we do?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Build our nest, of course," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Build our nest!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Certainly, my boy, and live the life of birds, since we cannot live the life of fishes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Very well, said Glenarvan;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, MacNabb, cried Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As soon as it was decided not to be drowned, I concluded not to die of hunger." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I should not have thought of this, said Paganel, innocently;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And what do the saddle-bags contain?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Provisions for seven men for two days," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I hope that the inundation will be considerably lower twenty-four hours hence." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Or that we shall find some means of gaining _terra firma_," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Our first business, then, is to breakfast," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "After drying ourselves," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And fire?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, we must make one," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At the top of the trunk, of course." }, { "from": "human", "value": "With what?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "With dead wood that we shall cut in the tree." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But how kindle it? said Glenarvan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Our tinder is like a wet sponge." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We will manage that, answered Paganel;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Since the kitchen and dining-room are on the ground floor, said Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Only we have no arms," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have my revolvers," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I mine," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What use, continued Tom Austin," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is not necessary," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where did you get that, major?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of Thalcave. He thought it might be useful to us, and gave it to me before going back to Thaouka." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Brave and generous Indian!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, added Tom Austin," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I desire that the horse be not forgotten, said Paganel." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He forms part of the Patagonian, and, if I am not greatly mistaken, we shall see them again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How far are we from the Atlantic?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not more than forty miles, answered Paganel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And now, my friends, since each is free to act, I ask permission to leave you. I am going to choose an observatory above, and, with the aid of my telescope, will keep you acquainted with what goes on here." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poor sister! exclaimed Robert;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "At all events, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All that is true, my lord, replied Tom Austin;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is discouraging as well as annoying," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Annoying if you will, replied MacNabb, in a calm tone," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you mean? inquired Glenarvan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What do you think ought to be done?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "A very simple and reasonable thing, my dear Edward. Let us turn our faces towards the east, when we are on board the Duncan, and follow the thirty-seventh parallel even around to our starting-point, if necessary." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you think, my dear major, that I have not thought of this? replied Glenarvan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Indeed I have, a hundred times. But what chance have we of succeeding? Is not leaving the American continent departing from the place indicated by Captain Grant himself, from Patagonia, so clearly named in the document?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you wish to begin your search in the Pampas again, replied the major," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And however feeble the chance of finding Captain Grant by following this latitude may be, still ought we not to attempt it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not deny it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And you, my friends, added the major, addressing the sailors," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Entirely," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Listen to me, my friends, continued Glenarvan, after a few moments of reflection," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "My dear Edward, replied MacNabb," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is Paganel's business," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let us ask him, then," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Paganel! Paganel!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Present!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where are you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "In my tower." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What are you doing?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Surveying the wide horizon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can you come down a moment?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you need me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What for?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To know what countries the thirty-seventh parallel crosses." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing easier, replied Paganel;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I need not even disturb myself to tell you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Very well, then." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Leaving America, the thirty-seventh parallel crosses the Atlantic." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Good." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It strikes Tristan d'Acunha Island." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It passes two degrees to the south of the Cape of Good Hope." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And then?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It runs across the Indian Ocean." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And then?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It grazes St. Paul's Island of the Amsterdam group." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Go on." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It cuts Australia across the province of Victoria." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Proceed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Leaving Australia----" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Very much obliged, MacNabb!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, what is the matter with you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What has got into you? Is this another of your eternal distractions?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, yes, replied Paganel, in a voice choked with emotion (and leaves)." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, a distraction,--phenomenal this time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What is it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We have been mistaken! We are still mistaken!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Explain yourself." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Glenarvan, major, Robert, my friends, cried Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What do you say?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not only where he is not, added Paganel," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said he, in a tone of conviction," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Explain yourself, Paganel, said the major;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "That is very simple, major. Like you, I was in error; like you, I struck upon a false interpretation. When, but a moment ago, at the top of this tree, in answer to the question, at the word 'Australia' an idea flashed through my mind, and all was clear." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What! cried Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I pretend, replied Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is something singular," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Singular! replied Glenarvan, shrugging his shoulders;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Impossible, continued Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What! added Glenarvan, in a tone of the greatest incredulity," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am sure of it!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "By my faith, Paganel, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Because, if you admit the word Australia, you admit at the same time that there are Indians in that country, a fact which has not yet been proved." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My dear Glenarvan, said he," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I ask nothing better. Defeat me, Paganel." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Listen, then. You say that the Indians mentioned in the document belong exclusively to Patagonia. The incomplete word _indi_ does not mean Indians, but natives (_indigènes_). Now do you admit that there are natives in Australia?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bravo, Paganel!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you admit my interpretation, my dear lord?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, replied Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, cried Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But what?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is indifferent to me, replied Paganel;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One last remark, my dear Paganel, and I have only to bow before your sagacity." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Speak!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "How do you arrange these newly-interpreted words, and in what way do you read the document?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing is easier. Here is the document," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is clear, replied Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Be assured, my dear Glenarvan, the best geographers are agreed in naming this island the Australian continent." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then I have but one thing to say, my friends, cried Glenarvan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To Australia, and may Heaven assist us!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To Australia!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you know, Paganel, added Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, replied Paganel," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do not go far," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Robert and I, said he jokingly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What! cried Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, when you have everything to fear from their ferocity----" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ferocity does not exist,--scientifically speaking," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ha! this time, Paganel, said the major," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Major, cried Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Very fine! said MacNabb." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should not have thought of that! If I had been one of Noah's companions at the time of the deluge, I should certainly have prevented that imprudent patriarch from putting into the ark pairs of tigers, lions, bears, panthers, and other animals as destructive as they were useless." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Should you have done so?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, you would have been wrong in a zoological point of view." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But not in a human one." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This is shocking, continued Paganel;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I tell you, replied MacNabb," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I tell you that Noah was wrong, retorted Paganel," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "However much it is to be regretted, in a scientific or human point of view, that we are deprived of ferocious animals, we must be resigned to-day to their absence. Paganel could not hope to encounter any in this aerial forest." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, replied the geographer," }, { "from": "human", "value": "However that may be, my good Paganel, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What! cried Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly, replied Glenarvan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you at your ease in these uncomfortable and uncushioned branches?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have never been more so, even in my own study. We lead the life of birds; we sing and flutter about. I almost think that men were destined to live in the trees." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They only want wings," }, { "from": "human", "value": "They will make them some day." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In the meantime, replied Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Glenarvan, said Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, but----" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am certain that Robert is perfectly happy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Monsieur Paganel!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is natural at his age," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And at mine, added the geographer." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The less ease we have, the fewer wants; the fewer wants, the happier we are." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, said the major," }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, my dear major, continued Paganel;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, yes, Monsieur Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And what will your story prove?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What all stories prove, my brave companion." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not much, then, replied MacNabb." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But go on, Scheherezade, and tell one of those stories that you relate so well." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There was once upon a time, said Paganel," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall have a storm," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are not afraid of thunder?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, no, my lord," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, so much the better; for the storm is now not far distant." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And it will be violent, continued Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is not the storm that troubles me, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, yes, it can, with philosophy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Philosophy does not prevent you from getting wet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, but it warms you." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, then, said Glenarvan," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let us go down, said Glenarvan;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Phosphorescences?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, replied Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What! cried Robert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, my boy." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What do you think, Glenarvan?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think that the storm is beginning, and, if it continues, it will be terrible." }, { "from": "human", "value": "So much the better, replied the enthusiastic Paganel." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I like a fine spectacle, especially when I cannot avoid it. Only one thing would make me anxious, if anxiety served to avert danger, added he," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said the major," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must be confessed, Paganel, replied Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bah! replied Paganel;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The tree is on fire!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "To the water!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Help! help!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What is the matter?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Caymans! caymans!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Land! land!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thalcave!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thalcave!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Friends!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The ocean!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, the ocean!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She is there, at all events, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We shall see her to-morrow," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am not mistaken, he soliloquized;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I saw a ship's light, the Duncan's. Ah! why cannot my eyes pierce the darkness?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who is that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Who?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Glenarvan. Come, I need your eyes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My eyes?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, your eyes, to distinguish the Duncan in this darkness. Come." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And why my eyes?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, do you perceive nothing?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing. Not even a cat could see two paces before her." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Look for a red or a green light, on the starboard or the larboard side." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I see neither a red nor a green light. All is darkness," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Duncan! the Duncan!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hurrah! hurrah!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They see us! cried Glenarvan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is the Duncan's cannon." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lady Helena cannot come, said Tom Austin:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nor Captain Mangles, replied MacNabb:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "My sister! my sister!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope I shall soon get on board!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Patience, Edward! You will be there in two hours," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come, my friend!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, replied Thalcave, gently." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here is Thaouka, and there are the Pampas!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It was done out of friendship." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My wife," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good and beautiful!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My wife?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My sister?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Lady Helena and Miss Grant await you on board, replied the cockswain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But we have not a moment to lose, my lord, for the tide is beginning to ebb." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now go, said he;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Adieu, my friend, adieu!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Shall we ever see each other again?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who knows?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Courage, my friends, courage! Captain Grant is not with us, but we are sure to find him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He is there! he is coming! my father!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "BREAKFAST!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You need not blush, Robert, said Captain Mangles;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Breakfast!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Mr. Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "A real breakfast, on a real table, with table-cloth and napkins?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Certainly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And shall we not eat hard eggs, or ostrich steaks?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, Mr. Paganel!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I did not mean to offend you, my friend, said the geographer;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, we will test its reality, Monsieur Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Accept my arm," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Has your lordship any orders to give?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "After breakfast, my dear fellow, replied Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "as he said. This unfortunate word led Lady Helena to inquire if the amiable Frenchman had occasionally shown his habitual failing. The major and Lord Glenarvan looked at each other with a smile. As for Paganel, he laughed heartily, and promised" }, { "from": "human", "value": "After all, he added, in conclusion," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And why, my worthy friend?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Because I not only know Spanish, but Portuguese also. I speak two languages instead of one." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "By my faith, I should not have thought of that, replied MacNabb." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My compliments, Paganel, my sincere compliments!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How did you succeed with your voyage, captain?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Excellently, replied the captain;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What! cried Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hang yourself!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Selfish fellow! you give me this advice in order that you may share my rope!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, my dear Paganel, added Glenarvan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nevertheless, I am sorry," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My dear young lady, I see that Captain John pays his homage to your noble qualities, and I am happy to find that you are not displeased with his ship." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, how could I be?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My sister loves you, Mr. Captain, cried Robert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I return your love, my dear boy," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Since I have related the Duncan's voyage, will not your lordship give us a few particulars of your travels, and the exploits of our young hero?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, my friends, remarked Lord Glenarvan, when he had finished his recital," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Speak, major," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My object, said MacNabb," }, { "from": "human", "value": "My object, said MacNabb," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go on, major, said Paganel:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am ready to answer all your questions." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nothing can be simpler, said the major." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Five months ago, in the Frith of Clyde, when we studied the three documents, their interpretation seemed clear to us. No place but the western coast of Patagonia could, we thought, have been the scene of the shipwreck. We had not even the shadow of a doubt on the subject." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very true," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Afterwards, resumed the major," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are right," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And, nevertheless, we are mistaken," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, we are mistaken, repeated Paganel;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wait, Paganel, continued the major;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What do you ask, then?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Simply the acknowledgment that Australia now seems to be the scene of the Britannia's shipwreck as much as South America did before." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Granted," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Who knows, then, resumed the major," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I desire, therefore, added MacNabb," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing is easier," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I leave you, therefore, my friends, said he, in conclusion," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Evidently," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Captain, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, my lord, I procured ample supplies at Talcahuana, and, besides, we can lay in a fresh stock of fuel at Cape Town." }, { "from": "human", "value": "One more remark," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A thousand, if you please!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Whatever may be the guarantees for success in Australia, will it not be well to call for a day or two, in passing, at the islets of Tristan d'Acunha and Amsterdam? They are situated so near our strict line of search, that it is worth our while to ascertain if there be on them any trace of the shipwreck of the Britannia." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The unbeliever!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I do not want to have to return to them, monsieur, if Australia does not after all realize our newly-conceived expectations." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The precaution is not a bad one," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I do not wish to dissuade you; quite the contrary," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, then, we will adopt it, and start forthwith," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Immediately, my lord," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Travels of a Geographer on the Argentine Pampas;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Land ahead!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In what direction?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "To windward," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not see the land," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Look into the clouds," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Exactly so," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Australian continent" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What! fifty, do you say?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, MacNabb, decidedly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Impossible!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not at all; and if you doubt my veracity, I will cite their names." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! said the major, quietly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Major, said Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Of course, Paganel, if you like," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Major, said Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Master Robert shall count for us." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, then, said Paganel to Lady Helena and Miss Grant," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Enough, enough, Monsieur Paganel! said Lady Helena." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have shown that there is nothing, great or small, about Australia, of which you are ignorant." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nay, madam," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will talk about the rifle at another time." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "At all events, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your lordship is right, replied Captain Mangles;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But what can we do, captain? If this misfortune occurs, we must submit to it. It will only be a delay, after all." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Probably, if a storm does not come upon us too." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you fear bad weather?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, replied the captain." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I tell your lordship, but would conceal my apprehensions from Lady Helena and Miss Grant." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You act wisely. What do you apprehend?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "There are signs of a great storm. Do not trust the appearance of the sky, my lord; nothing is more deceptive. For two days the barometer has fallen to an alarming degree. This is a warning that I cannot disregard. I particularly fear the storms of the South Seas, for I have been already exposed to them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "John, replied Glenarvan," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Has the storm broken upon us?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not yet, but it will presently," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is there any danger?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, madam, replied he;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Brail up the main-sail! cried the captain;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is the matter?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The ship is careening!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is the rudder unhinged?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To the engine! to the engine!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What has happened?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The screw is either bent or entangled, replied the engineer;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is it impossible to free it?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Impossible, at present." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, my lord, replied Captain Mangles, in a firm tone:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I must be alone here with my crew. Go! The ship may be in danger, and the waves would drench you unmercifully." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But we may be of use----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go, go, my lord; you must! There are times when I am master on board. Retire, as I wish!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My brave John is an energetic man," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "To save those she carries, if possible, my lord," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very well, captain," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And Lady Helena and Miss Grant?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will inform them only at the last moment, when all hope is gone of keeping at sea. You will tell me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will, my lord." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There are sand-bars here," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is my opinion," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We are in the hands of God, continued the captain." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If He does not himself guide the Duncan over the bar, we are lost." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is high tide now, captain; perhaps we may do it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But see the fury of those waves! What ship could resist them? God help us, my friend!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "John, said Glenarvan in a low tone to the young captain," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will try to save my wife, or will perish with her. Do you take charge of Miss Grant." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, your lordship," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The oil! cried he;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hold on!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thanks, John!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hope! hope! never cease to hope! said Lady Helena to the young girl seated beside her, as they approached the shore." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The hand of God will never fail us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Miss Mary, said the captain;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "God grant it, captain!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A mill!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is indeed a mill, replied Paganel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here is a beacon as modest as it is useful, the sight of which delights my eyes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is almost a belfry," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, madam; and while one makes bread for the body, the other announces bread for the soul. In this respect they resemble each other." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let us go to the mill," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Strangers, welcome to the house of Patrick O'Moore." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are an Irishman?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I was, replied Mr. O'Moore." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now I am an Australian. But come in, whoever you are, gentlemen; this house is at your service." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I expected you," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You did?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I always expect those who are coming," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now, my lord, added he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My lord, praise and thank God! If Captain Grant is living, he is in Australia." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who says that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You, Ayrton?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I, repeated Ayrton, in an excited but firm tone;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I, a Scotchman like yourself, my lord, one of the shipwrecked sailors of the Britannia!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are one of the sailors of the Britannia?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, my lord; Captain Grant's quartermaster," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Saved with him from the shipwreck?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, my lord. At that terrible moment I was washed overboard and cast ashore." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are not one of the sailors, then, of whom the document makes mention?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No; I did not know of the existence of such a document. The captain must have thrown it overboard after I was gone." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But the captain, the captain?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suppose he was lost, drowned, with the rest of the crew. I thought I was the sole survivor." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But you said that Captain Grant was living!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When I was washed from the forecastle, as I was hauling down the jib, the Britannia was driving towards the coast of Australia, which was not two cable-lengths distant." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No. I said, 'if the captain is living'----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He can be nowhere else." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You do not know, then, where he is?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, my lord. I repeat that I thought he was buried in the waves or dashed upon the rocks. You say that perhaps he is still living." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you know, then?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Simply this, that if Captain Grant is living he is in Australia." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where did the shipwreck take place?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When I was washed from the forecastle, as I was hauling down the jib, the Britannia was driving towards the coast of Australia, which was not two cable-lengths distant. The shipwreck, therefore, took place at that point." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In latitude thirty-seven?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thirty-seven," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "On the west coast?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No. On the east coast." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And when?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "On the night of June 27th, 1862." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The same! the very same!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You see, then, my lord, added Ayrton," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And we will seek, find, and save him, my friend! cried Paganel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, precious document! added he, with perfect simplicity:" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is true! it is true!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Ayrton, please tell us more about our father." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And if Ayrton is pleased with me, said the Irish colonist, when the story was finished," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I cannot but be pleased with him. He is an honest and intelligent man, a good worker, and, if he chooses, this house shall long be at his service." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You were quartermaster of the Britannia?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I saved my contract from the wreck." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My lord, I will answer for it that Ayrton is an honest man. During the two months that he has been in my employ, I have had no fault to find with him. I knew the story of his shipwreck and captivity. He is a true man, and worthy of your entire confidence." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tom Ayrton, able seaman, was engaged as quartermaster on board the brig Britannia of Glasgow." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I appeal to you all for advice as to what is best to be done. Your advice, Ayrton, would be particularly valuable, and I should be much obliged if you would give it to us." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I thank you, my lord, for the confidence you place in me, and hope to show myself worthy of it. I have some knowledge of the country, and of the customs of the natives; and, if I can be of use to you----" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Certainly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I think, like you, continued Ayrton," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You repeat, Mr. Ayrton, the arguments that I have already substantiated, said Paganel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The shipwrecked seamen are evidently prisoners of the natives, as they feared. But ought we to suppose that, like you, they have been carried to the north?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is quite likely, sir, replied Ayrton." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The hostile tribes would hardly remain in the neighborhood of the English provinces." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This fact will complicate our search, said Glenarvan, quite disconcerted." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How shall we find the traces of the prisoners in the interior of so vast a continent?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And you, Mr. Ayrton, said Lady Helena, at length, to the quartermaster," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Madam, replied he, promptly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I should re-embark on board the Duncan, and go straight to the place of the shipwreck. There I should act according to circumstances, or indications that chance might furnish." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very good, said Glenarvan;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! you have suffered injuries?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Serious?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No; but they necessitate repairs which cannot be made on board. One of the flanges of the screw is bent, and this work can be done only at Melbourne." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you not sail?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; but, if the wind is contrary, it would take considerable time to reach Twofold Bay, and at any rate we should have to return to Melbourne." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, let the yacht go to Melbourne, said Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But how?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "By crossing Australia, as we crossed South America." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But the Duncan?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The Duncan will join us, or we will join her, according to circumstances. If Captain Grant is found during our journey, we will return together to Melbourne. If, on the contrary, we continue our search to the coast, the Duncan shall join us there. Who has any objections to make to this plan? Have you, major?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, replied MacNabb," }, { "from": "human", "value": "So practicable, said Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you speak seriously, Paganel?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Quite seriously, my lord. It is a journey of three hundred and fifty miles. At the rate of twelve miles a day it would last scarcely a month,--long enough to give time for repairing the Duncan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But the ferocious animals?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "There are none in Australia." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But the savages?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "There are none in the course we shall take." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, then, the convicts?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "There are no convicts in the southern provinces of Australia, but only in the eastern colonies." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mr. Paganel is perfectly right, said O'Moore;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "And, for my part, I never met one," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You see, my friends, continued Paganel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you think, Helena?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What we all think, replied she, turning towards her companions." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Forward!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Ayrton, will you aid us in our search for the sailors of the Britannia?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, my lord, I will follow you; and, if I do not set you upon the track of Captain Grant, I will at least guide you to the place where his vessel was wrecked." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thanks," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One question, my lord." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ask it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where will you join the Duncan?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "At Melbourne, if we do not cross Australia; on the eastern coast, if our search is continued so far." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But the captain of the Duncan?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He will await my orders at Melbourne." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very well, my lord, said Ayrton;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One question, John, said Glenarvan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have absolute confidence in your mate?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Absolute, replied he." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tom Austin is a good sailor. He will take the Duncan to Melbourne, repair her thoroughly, and bring her back at the appointed time. He is a man devoted to duty and discipline, and will never take the responsibility of changing or delaying the execution of an order. You can rely upon him as fully as on myself." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Very well, captain, replied Glenarvan;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "added he, smiling," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, my lord!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have a fine vessel, my lord." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A good one, too," }, { "from": "human", "value": "How many tons' burden is she?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Two hundred and ten." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Shall I be greatly mistaken, added Ayrton," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say seventeen, interposed the captain," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Seventeen! cried the quartermaster:" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not one, said the captain." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The Duncan is a real racing yacht, and is not to be beaten in any way." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not even in sailing?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not even in sailing." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, my lord, and you, captain, accept the compliments of a sailor who knows what a vessel is worth." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Thanks, Ayrton, replied Glenarvan;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will think of it, my lord," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That Ayrton is an intelligent man," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Too intelligent!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "None," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, then, let us leave on board as many as possible. There must be men to navigate the Duncan and take charge of her. It is especially important that she should arrive promptly at the place of meeting, which we will appoint hereafter. Let us not, therefore, lessen the crew." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I declare! said Paganel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mosquito Plains," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Monsieur Paganel, replied Lady Helena," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope to have the pleasure of receiving you in my parlor." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Madam, replied the geographer," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall be at home every day for my friends, replied Lady Helena, smiling," }, { "from": "human", "value": "The most devoted of all," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "God bless you" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mosquito Plains," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is there no other way of crossing the river?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, my lord, replied Ayrton;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Shall Lady Helena and Miss Grant leave the cart?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not at all. My oxen are sure-footed, and I will engage to keep them in the right track." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Ayrton, said Glenarvan," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I trust to you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Very well, Ayrton, said Glenarvan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How much time do you need to make the journey and return to the encampment?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Fifteen hours," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go, then; and, while waiting for your return, we will encamp on the banks of the Wimerra." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Monsieur Paganel, said Lady Helena," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have not many hours to live; here are my watch and my notes; when I am dead, place a pistol in my right hand, and leave me without burial." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When I am dead, place a pistol in my right hand, and leave me without burial." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is he an efficient workman?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know no more than you, captain, replied Ayrton." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We shall see." } ]