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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He has taken a period of Indian history of the most vital importance, and he has embroidered on the historical facts a story which of itself is deeply interesting. Young people assuredly will be delighted with the volume." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Harry Sandwith, the Westminster boy, may fairly be said to beat Mr. Henty's record. His adventures will delight boys by the audacity and peril they depict. The story is one of Mr. Henty's best." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A praiseworthy attempt to interest British youth in the great deeds Of the Scotch Brigade in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus. Mackey, Hepburn, and Munro live again in Mr. Henty's pages, as those deserve to live whose disciplined bands formed really the germ of the modern British a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In this story the author gives an account of the fierce struggle between Saxon and Dane for supremacy in England, and presents a vivid picture of the misery and ruin to which the country was reduced by the ravages of the sea-wolves. The story is treated in a manner most attracti...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well constructed and vividly told. From first to last nothing stays the interest of the narrative. It bears us along as on a stream whose current varies in direction, but never loses its force." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is written in the author's best style. Full of the wildest and most remarkable achievements, it is a tale of great interest, which a boy, once he has begun it, will not willingly put one side." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A model of what a boys' story-book should be. Mr. Henty has a great power of infusing into the dead facts of history new life, and as no pains are spared by him to ensure accuracy in historic details, his books supply useful aids to study as well as amusement." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Does justice to the pluck and determination of the British soldiers during the unfortunate struggle against American emancipation. The son of an American loyalist, who remains true to our flag, falls among the hostile red-skins in that very Huron country which has been endeared ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All boys will read this story with eager and unflagging interest. The episodes are in Mr. Henty's very best vein--graphic, exciting, realistic; and, as in all Mr. Henty's books, the tendency is to the formation of an honorable, manly, and even heroic character." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Every boy should read 'The Lion of St. Mark.' Mr. Henty has never produced a story more delightful, more wholesome, or more vivacious." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The tale is well written and well illustrated, and there is much reality in the characters. If any father, clergyman, or schoolmaster is on the lookout for a good book to give as a present to a boy who is worth his salt, this is the book we would recommend." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "In the adventures among the Maoris, there are many breathless moments in which the odds seem hopelessly against the party, but they succeed in establishing themselves happily in one of the pleasant New Zealand valleys. It is brimful of adventure, of humorous and interesting conv...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The narrative is free from the vice of prejudice, and ripples with life as if what is being described were really passing before the eye." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Henty inspires a love and admiration for straightforwardness, truth and courage. This is one of best of the many good books Mr. Henty has produced, and deserves to be classed with his 'Facing Death'" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The hero of the story early excites our admiration, and is altogether a fine character such as boys will delight in, whilst the story of the campaign is very graphically told." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mr. Henty not only concocts a thrilling tale, he weaves fact...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A capital book for boys. It is bright and readable, and full of good sense and manliness. It teaches pluck and patience in adversity, and shows that right living leads to success." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Henty is a giant among boys' writers, and his books are sufficiently popular to be sure of a welcome anywhere. In stirring interest, this is quite up to the level of Mr. Henty's former historical tales." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The history of a hero of ever...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the boys' book of the year. That is, of course, as much as to say that it will do for men grown as well as juniors. It is told in simple, straightforward English, as all stories should be, and it has a freshness and freedom which make it irresistible." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This story is full of even more vividly recounted adventures than those which charmed so many boy readers in 'Pirate Island' and 'Congo Rovers.' ... There is a thrilling adventure on the precipices of Mount Everest, when the ship floats off and providentially returns by force of...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A story which is quite as good in its way as 'Treasure Island,' and is full of adventure of a stirring yet most natural kind. Although it is primarily a boys' book, it is a real godsend to the elderly reader." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This story should add considerably to Mr. Leighton's high reputation. Excellent in every respect, it contains every variety of incident. The plot is very cleverly devised, and the types of the North Sea sailors are capital." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We conscient...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mrs. Ingelow is, to our mind, the most charming of all living writers for children, and 'Mopsa' alone ought to give her a kind of pre-emptive right to the love and gratitude of our young folks. It requires genius to conceive a purely imaginary work which must of necessity deal w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A beautiful little story. It will be read with delight by every child into whose hands it is placed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A capital story, and one we heartily commend to boy readers, both gentle and simple." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fresh and charming in style, with fun that is never forced, pathos that is always genuine, and with a distinctly wholesome purpose. This is certain to be a favorite with boys." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Alice in Wonderland." }, { "from": "human", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The same," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain Bowen, said Stone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I want you to go to Jupiter as soon as you can arrange to do so, fly low over the red area in the southern hemisphere, and come back here with some sort of report as to what's wrong with that infernal death sp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know how friendly you two were, he said soberly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's why I chose you to go and find out, if you can, what happened to him and the other two ships." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Journeyman! he mused." }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'd like Dex Harlow, he said at last." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's been to Jupiter before, working with me in plotting the northern hemisphere. He's a good man." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He is, agreed Stone, nodding approval of Brand's choic...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Be with you at seven o'clock. Best regards, and I hope you strangle. Dex Harlow." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're a fine friend! he growled cheerfully." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here I'm having a first rate time for myself, swimming and planing along the Riviera, with two more weeks leave ahead of me--and I get a call from the Old Man to report to you. What excuse ha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Makes you think you're drunk and seeing triple, doesn't it? commented Dex, who was staring out the thick glass panel beside Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nine moons! Almost enough for one planet!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "About to enter Jupiter's atmosphere." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All right. For God's sake, be careful, came the answer, minutes later." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say something at least every half hour, to let us know communication is unbroken. We will sound at ten second intervals." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're here," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We are," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Red spot ten miles away, said Brand in the transmitter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're approaching it slowly." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Red spot one mile ahead, altitude forty thousand feet," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We can see the metallic glitter that Journeyman spoke of, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No sign of life of any kind, though. The red glow seems to flicker a little." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're right on it now, called Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Right on it--we're going over the edge--we're--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What the hell?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Say! he sputtered, rubbing his head." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Say, what _is_ this?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "God knows what it is, he said with a shrug." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Somehow, with our passing into the red area, t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Something seems to have got us by the nose, said Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're on our way to the center of the red spot, I guess--to find whatever it was that Journeyman found. And the radio communication his been broken somehow...." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "God! said Brand with a shudder." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fancy these things feeling over your body...." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They're hostile, whatever they are, said Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look out: that one's poi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What do we do now? demanded Dex with a shaky laugh." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're chief of this expedition. I'm waiting for orders." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We wait right here, replied Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'r...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the matter--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Our beanpole friend is suggesting that we get out of the shell and stay awhile, said Dex with grim humor." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They seem anxious to entertain us--_ouch!_" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What the devil are we going to do? exclaimed Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If we go out in that mob of nightmare things--it's going to be messy. As long as we stay in the shell we have some measure of protection." }, { "from": "human", "value": "N...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, we can't stay in the ship, that's certain, said Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess there's only one thing to do." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Climb out of here and take as many of these skinny horrors with us into hell as we can," }...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thanks," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you hurt, Dex?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess not, replied Dex, getting uncertainly to his feet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I'm wondering why. It seems to me the brutes were uncommonly considerate of us--and I'm betting the reason is...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sounds as though it might be some sort of central power station, said Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But what could it supply power for?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Give it up, said Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "For their dam...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Eat, she said softly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is good food, and life giving." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who are you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am Greca --it was very hard to grasp names or abstract terms--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then you are not of these monsters of Jupiter?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, no! I am their capt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They treat them very badly?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Terribly! Terribly!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But you seem quite privileged," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am of high rank among my people. I am a priestess of our religion, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As near as I can get it, the Rogans, by this peculiar red metal alloy, manage to trap and divert the permanent lines of force, the magnetic field, of Jupiter itself. So the whole red spot is highly magnetized, which somehow upsets natural gravitational attraction. I suppose it i...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, that is what would happen if they found ways of reaching your globe." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, God, Brand, we can't allow that! cried Dex." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We've got to find a way to spike the guns of these walking gas-pipes...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have in ally in her, murmured Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Though God only knows if that will mean anything to us...." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What I can't figure out, said Dex, striding up and down the big bare room," }, { "fr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They have come to question you, Greca lamented to Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And they want to do it through me. But I will not! I will not!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are powerless to struggle, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He says, exclaimed Greca telepathically," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He says he is going to ask you a few questions, and that you are to answer truthfully if you value your lives:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "First, he wants to know what the people...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Rogan shock-tubes are toys compared with the ray-weapons of Earth, he concluded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have arms that can nullify the effects of yours and kill at the same instant. We have--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He says he knows you are lying, sighed Greca." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "For if you on Earth have tubes more effective than theirs why weren't you equipped with them on your expedition here to the red kingdom?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Check, h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He has been telling what his hordes can do, answering your boasts with boasts of his own. His words are awful! I won't tell you all he said. I will only say that he is convinced his shock-tubes are superior to any Earth arms, and that he states he will now illustrate their power...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So that's what those things are like at full power! breathed Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My God!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That, he was certainly saying," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will explain the working of the engine that drove your space ship here." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's no use, Brand, said Dex steadily. He too had stopped struggling, and now stood quietly in the slimy coils of his captors' arms." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I might as well go along with them and get it over with. I probably won't see you again. Good luck!" ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will first show you, he said, through his mouthpiece, Greca," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That will be the next to the last fate reserved for you, the Rogan informed Dex, through Greca." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Death follows soon after that--but not too soon for you to see and feel what waits for you behind the barred door!" }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will rebuild this engine for us, ordered the tall leader," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will be wheeled within reach of the creature as the last step of your fate, Dex was informed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Meanwhile, we shall start with something less deadly...." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will tell us what we want to know," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are ready to do as I command?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, whispered Dex." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Release him," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come with us to the motor," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The first thing to tell about our motor, said Dex, stalling for time," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You see those electrodes?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The electrodes partially break down the atoms of fuel passing from the tank," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is that the outlet from the tank?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The partially disintegrated atoms pass into the turbine chamber, he went on," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I warn you to speak true," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We will get ahead faster, piped the Rogan, an edge of suspicion sounding in his shrill voice," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Powdered zinc," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How is it prepared?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How is it prepared? repeated the Rogan leader inexorably." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell us, or--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank God it didn't get me, he breathed, looking back at the bellowing terror that had pursued him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wonder why it's there? It's too ferocious to be tamed and used in any way: it must be kept as a threat to hold the slaves in hand. It ce...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The terminals for the metal plate system that extends over the whole red spot, murmured Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This building _is_ important. But what can I do to throw sand in the gears before I'm caught and killed...?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That looks interesting, Brand told himself." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd like to see that closer, if I can climb down from here without being observed.... Why --he broke off--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Must be out to lunch, muttered Brand, his eyes going fascinatedly toward that solitary, parent lever under its glass bell." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, it gives me a chance to try some experiments, anyway." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The slimy devils! Brand whispered hoarsely, at sight of that dreadful feeding." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The inhuman, monstrous vermin!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Unbreakable!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Great White One." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Greca! he called." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The tube! There--on the floor!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Kill him! begged Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And all the rest of the filthy creatures!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The others! called Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quick! Before they get their weapons--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good girl, said Dex, patting her satiny bare shoulder as he stood free again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're a sport and a gentleman. You don't understand the terms? They're Earth words, Greca, that carry the highest praise a man can give a woman. But let's ge...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now what!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What the devil--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is it? he demanded, when he had caught up to her flying little feet." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is not the way up to the room where Brand--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Your friend is not there, she interrupted. She explained swiftly, di...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good heavens! groaned Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Penned in with one of the things they showed me while I was stretched on the rack! Are you sure, Greca?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "This way, she gasped, turning down a passage to the left tha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How do you work this damned thing, Greca--Oh! Like that! There--see if _that_ puts a sting in your hide!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Brand! shouted Dex." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This end! Run, while I hold the thing off!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dex! gasped Brand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank God!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tank Scheme" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank God you came when you did," }, { "from": "human", "value": "How did you manage to get away? he asked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was sure--I thought--when they dragged you out of the tower...