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46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is the Black Point mark, replied the quartermaster,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The bridge has broken,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Broken? replied others."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That cannot be, for it is still uninjured. They forgot to close it for the passage of the train, that is all."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a great calamity! he replied, calmly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is more than that."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "More than that! cried Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a crime!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is correct, said the latter;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are not of my opinion?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not as regards the complicity of the guard."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At any rate, this assumed complicity, continued the surveyor-general,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Exactly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, it is known, added Mr. Mitchell,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quite right."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Therefore the complicity of the guard seems to me to be proved incontestably."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then you do not attribute the crime to the natives?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To whom, then?"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those who struck the blow, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Before long, added he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall have the pleasure of presenting them with these bracelets as a new year's gift."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then you suspect----?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "People who have 'traveled free on Her Majesty's vessels.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! convicts?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I thought, observed Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah, well, replied the officer,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is no occasion, said he,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "TOLINÉ*, to be conducted to Echuca, care of Jeff Smith, Railway Porter. Prepaid."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Toliné, to be conducted to Echuca, care of Jeff Smith, Railway Porter. Prepaid."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What astonishes me, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What does the word mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It comes from the Greek words [Greek: eu kalyptô], signifying _I cover well_. But you all see that the eucalyptus covers badly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just so, my dear Paganel, replied Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In this country, where the air is dry, said Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor more selfish, remarked the major."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They thought only of themselves, and not at all of travelers."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seymour! cried Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is the last place we shall meet with before leaving the province of Victoria."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it an important town?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shall we find a comfortable hotel?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope so,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, let us go into the town; for the ladies will not be sorry, I imagine, to rest here one night."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear Edward, replied Lady Helena,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mary and I accept; but on the condition that it shall cause no trouble or delay."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "None at all, said Lord Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Moreover, our oxen are fatigued. To-morrow we will start at break of day."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They have traced the authors of the crime committed at Camden Bridge."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have they been arrested?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So much the worse,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, inquired Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Read, said the major, handing to Glenarvan a copy of the _Australian and New Zealand Gazette_,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "J. P. MITCHELL, Surveyor-General."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You see, Paganel, that there may yet be convicts in Australia."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Runaways there may be, of course, replied Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, at any rate they are here, continued Glenarvan;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If Lady Glenarvan and Miss Grant were not with us, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should care very little for this band of wretches."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course it is not advisable to give up our undertaking; but perhaps it would be prudent for the sake of the ladies to join the Duncan at Melbourne, and continue our search for Captain Grant towards the east. What do you think, MacNabb?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Before replying, said the major,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should like to hear Ayrton's opinion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well said, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By continuing our course we shall cross Captain Grant's track, while by returning to the south we should go directly away from it. I agree with you, therefore, and shall give myself no uneasiness about the runaway convicts."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One more remark, my lord,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Speak."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Would it not be advisable to send an order to the Duncan to sail to the coast?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why? asked Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It will be time enough to send the order when we arrive at Twofold Bay. If any unforeseen event should compel us to return to Melbourne, we might be sorry not to find the Duncan there. Moreover, her injuries cannot yet have been repaired. I think, therefore, that it would be better to wait."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On these remote plains various spots have been set apart, where the aboriginal race can enjoy to the full the privilege of gradually becoming extinct. Though the white man is at perfect liberty to invade this"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fifty years ago, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A monkey! there is a monkey!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What sort of a monkey is that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That monkey, answered Paganel,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A piano in the desert! said he to himself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It cannot be!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Parbleu! thought the geographer,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There must be a station in this desert, said Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, will your ladies, your companions, and yourself do us the honor to accompany us to our house?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "May I ask, gentlemen, whom I have the honor of addressing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Michael and Alexander Patterson, proprietors of Hottam Station. You are already on the grounds of the establishment, and have but a quarter of a mile to go."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Gentlemen, replied Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should be unwilling to slight a hospitality so graciously offered----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, interrupted Michael Patterson,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said Paganel, addressing Michael Patterson,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was I, sir, replied the gentleman;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, sir, continued Paganel, extending his hand,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here is money, my sons. Go to some distant land, found there a useful establishment, and acquire in labor the knowledge of life. If you succeed, so much the better; if you fail, it matters little. We shall not regret the money that will have enabled you to become men."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Harry Grant, said Michael,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is precisely what happened to his quartermaster, Ayrton,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, gentlemen, inquired Lady Helena,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never, madam,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what treatment do you think Captain Grant would experience as a prisoner among the Australians?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Australians are not cruel, madam, replied the young settler:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Grant may reassure herself on this point. There are many instances of their kindness; and some Europeans have lived a long time among them, without having any reason to complain of brutality."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thanks, Captain Mangles! thanks!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I promised to take care of him,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We shall have difficulty in passing here, said Glenarvan, as he gazed at the chain of mountains, whose outlines were already growing dim in the twilight."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alps! that is a name suggestive of arduous climbing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will change your opinion, my dear Glenarvan, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You must not think you are in Switzerland."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then these Australian Alps----?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are miniature mountains, continued Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will cross them without noticing it."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well! said Paganel, as they reached the hostelry,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To give us the information we need for our journey, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us go in."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bush Inn"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Indeed, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And especially worth taking, replied Ayrton."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A hundred pounds! What a sum! He is not worth it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As for the inn-keeper, added Glenarvan, as he left the room,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I scarcely put faith in him, despite his placard."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nor I either,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The beast must have burst a blood-vessel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Evidently,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take my horse, Mulready, added Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will join Lady Helena in the cart."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Paganel! Paganel! what is the matter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The matter is, my dear friend, replied Paganel, extricating himself from the stirrups,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! your horse----?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is dead, stricken like Mulready's."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is singular,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very singular indeed,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the matter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We are fast in the mud,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us encamp here,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is the best plan, answered Ayrton."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To-morrow, at daybreak, we can see to extricate ourselves."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well: be it so,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must make haste, said Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If this clay dries, the work will be more difficult."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here they are!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the matter, Wilson? said Lord Glenarvan, scarcely able to control himself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We can do nothing. Ayrton, bring the ox and horse that are left. They must extricate us from the difficulty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the cart were once out of the mud, replied Captain Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will try, John, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us return to camp, for there must be anxiety at our long absence."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By my faith, the major could not help exclaiming,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why so, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because of all our horses only the one you put into the hands of the farrier has escaped the common fate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is true, said Captain Mangles;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A coincidence, and nothing more,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What did he mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know, replied the young captain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "However, the major is not the man to speak without cause."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said Lady Helena;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Major MacNabb must have suspicions of Ayrton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What suspicions? asked Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Does he suppose him capable of killing our horses and oxen? For what purpose, pray? Are not Ayrton's interests identical with ours?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are right, my dear Edward, said Lady Helena."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Besides, the quartermaster has given us, ever since the beginning of the journey, indubitable proofs of his devotion to our comfort."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "True, replied Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, then, what does the major's remark mean? I must have an understanding."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perhaps he thinks he is in league with these convicts?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What convicts?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Monsieur Paganel is mistaken, said Captain Mangles quickly:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, yes, that is so, eagerly replied Paganel, who would fain have retracted his words."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What could I have been thinking of? Convicts? Who ever heard of convicts in Australia? Moreover, as soon as they land, they make very honest people. The climate, you know, Miss Mary, the moral effect of the climate----"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I deserve to be transported myself,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think so,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Enough, Ayrton! enough! said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must be careful of the ox and horse that remain. If we are to continue our journey on foot, one can carry the two ladies and the other the provisions. They may do us good service yet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, my lord,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, my friends, added Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How far are we from Twofold Bay?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Seventy-five miles,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Melbourne is----?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Two hundred miles distant, at least."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well. Our position being determined, continued Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But are we certain to find at the bay the resources that we need?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Without doubt, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Eden is not a new municipality; and its harbor must have frequent communication with Melbourne. I even believe that thirty-five miles from here, at the parish of Delegete, we can obtain provisions and the means of conveyance."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And the Duncan? asked Ayrton."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you not think it advisable to order her to the bay?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What say you, captain?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not think that there is any necessity for such a proceeding, replied the young captain, after reflection."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There will be plenty of time to send your orders to Tom Austin and summon him to the coast."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is quite true,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Besides, continued Captain Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Four or five days! interposed Ayrton, shaking his head;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fifteen or twenty days to make seventy-five miles!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At least, my lord. You will have to cross the most difficult portion of Victoria,--plains covered with underbrush, without any cleared roads, where it has been impossible to establish stations. You will have to travel with the hatchet or the torch in your hand; and, believe me, you will not advance rapidly."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I acknowledge the difficulties, said Captain Mangles, at length."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, in fifteen days, my lord, you can send your orders to the Duncan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I may add, resumed Ayrton,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wait! cried the captain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can we not find a ford?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think not, replied Ayrton."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This morning I searched in vain for a practicable one. It is unusual to find a river so much swollen at this season; it is a fatality against which I am powerless."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This Snowy River is broad, then?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Broad and deep, madam, answered Ayrton;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, then, let us build a boat! cried Robert, who was never at fault for a plan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can cut down a tree, hollow it out, embark, and the thing is done."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good for the son of Captain Grant!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The boy is right, continued Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We shall be forced to this. I therefore think it useless to waste our time in further discussions."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you think, Ayrton?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think, my lord, that if no assistance comes, in a month we shall still be detained on the banks of the Snowy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But have you a better plan?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; let the Duncan leave Melbourne, and sail to the eastern coast."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How can her presence in the bay assist us to arrive there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not wish to obtrude my opinion. What I do is for the interest of all, and I am disposed to start as soon as your lordship gives the signal for departure."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is no answer, Ayrton, continued Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell us your plan, and we will discuss it. What do you propose?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I propose that we do not venture beyond the Snowy in our present destitute condition. We must wait for assistance in this very place, and this assistance can come only from the Duncan. Let us encamp here where provisions are not wanting, while one of us carries to Tom Austin the order to repair to Twofold Bay."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In the mean time, continued Ayrton,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, Ayrton, replied Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If it please your lordship, I will go."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us hear your advice, major, said Lady Helena."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "During the whole discussion you have contented yourself with listening simply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Since you ask my opinion, answered the major,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will give it to you very frankly. Ayrton seems to me to have spoken like a wise and prudent man, and I advocate his proposition."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And now, captain, added he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied Captain Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The messenger will not cross the river,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He will strike the Lucknow road, which will take him direct to Melbourne."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Two hundred miles on foot!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On horseback, continued Ayrton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is one good horse left. It will be a journey of but four days. Add two days for the Duncan to reach the bay, twenty-four hours for the return to the encampment, and in a week the messenger will be back again with the crew."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, my friends, said Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If it please your lordship, I will go. I am acquainted with the country, and have often crossed more difficult regions. I can extricate myself where another would fail. I therefore claim, for the common welfare, the right to go to Melbourne. One word will place me on a good footing with your mate, and in six days I engage to bring the Duncan to Twofold Bay."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well said! replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are a brave and intelligent man, Ayrton, and will succeed."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well then, Ayrton, start, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Make haste, and return to the encampment by way of Eden."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As it is pronounced,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is a mistake, said the major coolly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is pronounced Ayrton, but it is written 'Ben Joyce'!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To the cart! to the cart!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The convicts have disappeared,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied the major;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here they are,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied another,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It has been like this since leaving the Wimerra."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All the horses are dead."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The poison is not far away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is enough here to settle an entire troop of cavalry. This gastrolobium is a useful plant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then they were silent, added MacNabb,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then, said Glenarvan, whose face was pale with anger,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ayrton has brought us here to rob and assassinate us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And, since leaving the Wimerra, his band has followed and watched us, waiting for a favorable opportunity?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But this wretch is not, then, a sailor of the Britannia? He has stolen his name and contract?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "These, replied he, in his calm voice,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, replied Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How, I do not know, said MacNabb;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The police do not even know the identity of Ayrton and Ben Joyce,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are right, John, replied the major;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This unfortunate, then, remarked Lady Helena,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is no doubt of it, continued MacNabb."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He was meditating some hostile attack upon the Irishman, when a better opportunity was offered. Chance threw us in his way. He heard Glenarvan's story of the shipwreck, and, like a bold man, he promptly decided to take part in the expedition. At the Wimerra he communicated with one of his friends, the farrier of Black Point, and thus left distinguishable traces of our course. His band followed us. A poisonous plant enabled him to gradually kill our oxen and horses. Then, at the proper moment, he entangled us in the marshes of the Snowy, and surrendered us to the convicts he commanded."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miss Mary! cried he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What is the matter, my child?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My father, madam, my father!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, unlucky document! You can boast of having sorely puzzled the brains of a dozen brave people!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have not seen nor heard anything for an hour?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing, my lord, replied Wilson."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The convicts must be several miles away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They cannot have been in sufficient force to attack us, added Mulready."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This Ben Joyce probably intended to recruit some bandits, like himself, among the bushrangers that wander at the foot of the Alps."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very likely, Mulready, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These rascals are cowards. They know we are well armed, and are perhaps waiting for darkness to commence their attack. We must redouble our vigilance at nightfall. If we could only leave this marshy plain and pursue our journey towards the coast! But the swollen waters of the river bar our progress. I would pay its weight in gold for a raft that would transport us to the other side!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, said Wilson,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Wilson, answered Glenarvan;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, added he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you say, captain?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say that assistance is needed; and since we cannot go to Twofold Bay, we must go to Melbourne. One horse is left. Let your lordship give him to me, and I will go."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But it is a perilous venture, John, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aside from the dangers of this journey of two hundred miles across an unknown country, all the roads may be guarded by Ben Joyce's accomplices."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know it, my lord; but I know, too, that our situation cannot be prolonged. Ayrton only asked eight days' absence to bring back the crew of the Duncan. But I will return in six days to the banks of the Snowy. What are your lordship's orders?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Before Glenarvan speaks, said Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must make a remark. It is well that one of us should go to Melbourne, but not that these dangers should be incurred by Captain Mangles. He is the captain of the Duncan, and must not, therefore, expose himself. Allow me to go in his place."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well said, replied the major;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are we not here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And do you believe, continued MacNabb,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My friends, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not yours at least, my lord,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And why?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Separate you from Lady Helena, when your wound is not yet healed?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Glenarvan, interposed Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, resumed the major;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are dangers to incur, replied Glenarvan;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, I am ready to go,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, replied Paganel;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am ready."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Order for Tom Austin to put to sea, and bring the Duncan----"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Paganel?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the matter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nothing! nothing! replied Paganel. Then, in a lower tone, he repeated:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aland! aland! aland!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When you wish, my lord, I am at your disposal."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Order for Tom Austin to put to sea, and bring the Duncan to the eastern coast of Australia."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Australia? cried Paganel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah, yes, Australia!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tom Austin, Mate of the Yacht Duncan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Melbourne."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aland! aland! Zealand!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, no! they would not believe me! And, besides what use is it? It is too late!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Adieu, my lord,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here is the letter which you are to take to Tom Austin, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let him not lose an hour, but start for Twofold Bay; and, if he does not find us there, if we have not crossed the river, let him come to us without delay. Now go, my brave sailor, and may God guide you!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Adieu, my lord,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you hear anything?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied MacNabb."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Was it a man or an animal?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A man,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From what direction?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yonder,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How far?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The wind carried it, was the reply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It must be three miles distant at least."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us go!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, interposed the major;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But if Mulready has fallen beneath the shots of these wretches!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We shall know to-morrow,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You cannot leave the encampment, my lord, said Captain Mangles;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will go alone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No! cried MacNabb, with energy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you have us, then, perish singly, diminish our numbers, and be left to the mercy of these criminals? If Mulready has been their victim, it is a calamity that we must not repeat a second time. He has gone according to lot. If the lot had chosen me, I should have gone like him, but should neither have asked nor expected any assistance."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Edward, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Listen!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Help! help!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord--the letter--Ben Joyce----"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We cannot think of sending another messenger to Melbourne,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But we must, replied Captain Mangles;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, John. You have not even a horse to carry you these two hundred miles."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whatever happens, continued Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is the only feasible plan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, my friends, resumed Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is better!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mulready?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Edward, replied Lady Helena."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A reaction has taken place. The major is more encouraged. Our sailor will live."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is MacNabb?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With him. Mulready wished to speak with him. We must not disturb them."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have the letter, said one of them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give it to me, replied Ben Joyce;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "added MacNabb,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pirates! pirates! cried Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My crew massacred, my Duncan in the hands of these bandits!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, for Ben Joyce will surprise the vessel, replied the major,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, we must reach the coast before these wretches,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how cross the Snowy?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Like them, answered Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They will cross Kemple Pier bridge, and we will do the same."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But what will become of Mulready?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will take turns in carrying him. Shall I give up my defenceless crew to Ben Joyce's band?"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said Captain Mangles, at length,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will accompany you, captain,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The bridge? Is it there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, a bridge of rushes, said Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The convicts passed, it is true, but----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They burned it after their passage,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you wish me to try to swim to the opposite bank?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, John, replied Glenarvan, seizing the bold young man by the hand;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does it matter now? replied Glenarvan;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is no reason for prolonging our stay at the encampment,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Certainly not, said Captain Mangles;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But will that save my unfortunate crew?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Listen to me, my lord, continued Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know Tom Austin. He was to execute your orders, and start as soon as his departure was possible. Who knows whether the Duncan was ready, or her injuries repaired, on the arrival of Ben Joyce at Melbourne? Supposing the yacht could not put to sea, and suffered one or two days of delay?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are right, John, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must reach Twofold Bay. We are only thirty-five miles from Delegete."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said Paganel,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us start!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are we ready, Wilson?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, captain,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Attention, and bear up against the current."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, my friend, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will not abandon any one. We will make a litter, and take turns in carrying you."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To Eden!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She may not have started! cried Glenarvan, who would not despair."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perhaps we have arrived before her!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will know what this means, said Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainty is better than doubt."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Duncan started on the 18th instant for some unknown destination."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Mr. John; let us think of those who have sacrificed themselves. Lord Glenarvan must return to England."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are right, Miss Mary, replied he;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you want?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The captain,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am he, said Halley."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What then?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Macquarie is loading for Auckland?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. What of it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does she carry?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Anything that is bought or sold."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When does she sail?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To-morrow, at the noon tide."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Would she take passengers?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That depends upon the passengers, and whether they would be satisfied with the ship's mess."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They would take their own provisions."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, how many are there?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nine,--two of them ladies."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have no cabins."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We will arrange a place for their exclusive use."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What then?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you accept?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must see,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you pay?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you ask?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fifty pounds."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well! Fifty pounds."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But the passage in cash!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In cash."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Food separate?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Separate."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Agreed. Well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The advance-money."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here is half the fare,--twenty-five pounds, said Captain Mangles, counting out the sum, which the master pocketed without saying"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be on board to-morrow, said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whether you are here or not, I shall weigh anchor."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We will be here."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a stupid fellow!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I like him, replied Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is a real sea-wolf."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A real bear!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I imagine, added Captain Mangles,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What matter, replied Glenarvan,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see, John, said Glenarvan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied the captain, in a low voice,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The wretches! cried Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If they ever fall into my hands, I will avenge my crew!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My friend, replied Paganel evasively,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am no more nervous than usual."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Paganel, you have a secret that troubles you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, as you will, cried the geographer;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is stronger than you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My joy on the one hand, and my despair on the other."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are joyful and despairing at the same time?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; joyful and despairing at visiting New Zealand."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you any news? asked Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have you discovered the lost trail?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, friend. _People never return from New Zealand!_ But yet--well, you know human nature. As long as we breathe we can hope; and my motto is '_dum spiro, spero_,' which is the best in the world."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Monsieur Paganel, said Lady Helena,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By no means, madam, was the prompt reply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the contrary, they have come second, nay, third, in the race; only, and he looked half roguishly and half maliciously,"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is your lordship looking for land?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It will yet be some time before we leave the brig. We ought to have sighted Auckland light thirty-six hours ago."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The land is not on that side, said Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your lordship should look towards the starboard."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, John? replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is not the land that I am seeking."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it, my lord?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My yacht, my Duncan! She must be here, in these regions, plowing these seas, in that dreadful employment of a pirate. She is here, I tell you, John, on this course between Australia and New Zealand! I have a presentiment that we shall meet her!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God preserve us from such a meeting, my lord!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, John?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your lordship forgets our situation. What could we do on this brig, if the Duncan should give us chase? We could not escape."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Escape, John?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my lord. We should try in vain. We should be captured, at the mercy of the wretches. Ben Joyce has shown that he does not hesitate at a crime. I should sell my life dearly. We would defend ourselves to the last extremity. Well! But, then, think of Lady Helena and Mary Grant!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poor women! murmured Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "John, my heart is broken, and sometimes I feel as if despair had invaded it. It seems to me as if new calamities awaited us, as if Heaven had decreed against us! I am afraid!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You, my lord?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not for myself, John, but for those whom I love, and whom you love also."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take courage, my lord, replied the young captain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We need no longer fear. The Macquarie is a poor sailer, but still she sails. Will Halley is a brutish creature; but I am here, and if the approach to the land seems to me dangerous I shall take the ship to sea again. Therefore from this quarter there is little or no danger. But as for meeting the Duncan, God preserve us, and enable us to escape!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The surf!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied Wilson."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The sea is breaking on the reefs."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not more than two cable-lengths distant."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not more! The shore is here!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The sounding-lead, Wilson!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Three fathoms!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We are on the breakers!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To the port-yards! let loose the sails!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hard alee!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The truth, John?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The truth, my lord, is that we shall not founder. As for being destroyed by the sea, that is another question; but we have time to take counsel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it midnight?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, my lord, and we must wait for daylight."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can we not put to sea in the boat?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In this storm and darkness it is impossible. And, moreover, where should we strike land?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, John, let us remain here till morning."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am ruined! I am lost!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The first of these wretches who approaches, said the major calmly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will shoot like a dog."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Land!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is that Halley?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not know, my lord,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And his sailors?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Disappeared, like himself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And like himself, doubtless, drunk,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us search for them, said Glenarvan;"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! nobody?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have they fallen into the sea?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anything is possible,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To the boat!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The rascals have fled, said Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, so much the better, my lord. We are spared so many disagreeable scenes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I agree with you, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Besides, there is a better captain on board, yourself, and courageous seamen, your companions. Command us; we are ready to obey you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is to be done?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We have two ways, my lord, of extricating ourselves from this situation: either to raise the vessel and put her to sea, or reach the coast on a raft, which can be easily constructed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the vessel can be raised, let us raise it, replied Glenarvan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is the best plan, is it not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my lord; for, once ashore, what would become of us without means of transport?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us avoid the coast, added Paganel."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must beware of New Zealand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All the more so, as we have gone considerably astray, continued Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Halley's carelessness has carried us to the south, that is evident. At noon I will take an observation; and if, as I presume, we are below Auckland, I will try to sail the Macquarie up along the coast."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the injuries of the brig?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not think they are serious, madam, replied Captain Mangles."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall rig a jury-mast at the bows; and we shall sail slowly, it is true, but still we shall go where we wish. If, unfortunately, the hull is stove in, or if the ship cannot be extricated, we must gain the coast, and travel by land to Auckland."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us examine the state of the vessel, then, said the major."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is of the first importance."
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To work!"
}
]
|
46597 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But what shall we do without a boat?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We will use the remains of the mizen-mast and the empty casks, was the reply."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It will be a difficult, but not impossible task, for the Macquarie's anchors are small. Once cast however, if they do not drag, I shall be encouraged."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, let us lose no time."
}
]
|
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