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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You were only just in time, he said after a moment or two." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There was snow across the crack and it broke under me. Couldn't crawl out, with my pack dragging me down." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's blamed unfortunate yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's that hog Mappin's fault we're packing a pile of unnecessary weight along, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm looking forward to a talk with him when I get back." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I guess we could eat more, but it wouldn't be prudent, he said as he shared out the food." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your lode's about a hundred miles off yet, isn't it, Graham?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, as near as I can calculate." }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you got that wet moccasin off yet?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A timber wolf, said Carnally." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I saw some tracks this morning and the half-breed told me they'd had a number of the big gray fellows near the factory. They get pretty bold when there's no caribou about, and it's unlucky we haven't struck...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get a move on; we should have been off long ago," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It feels dead, he told them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid I got it nipped a bit, but I don't think it's bad." }, { "from": "human", "value": "See that you get your moccasin properly dry to-night," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That looks like blood!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think it is, said Graham." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I slept with the thing on last night. To tell the truth, I was afraid to take it off." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It will hav...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Looks bad, Carnally said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Have you got an old handkerchief or anything to wrap round it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I couldn't walk with a bandage under my stocking." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're no...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're two days' march from the lode, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's unthinkable that we should turn back without trying to locate it. Graham may be better after a rest. It might be possible, Carnally, that by forcing the pace we could knock a day off th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I believe we've struck it! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That must be the creek Graham talks about!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess we're somewhere about the spot, and we'll fire a dump shot on yonder ridge where there's not much snow,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose if we had a week we might form some idea of what is worth staking off, even with the snow on the ground, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "However, as it is, we have got about two hours. We had better make the most of them." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Try to scrape down to the rock on the spot I marked, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll come when you're ready and we'll fire the shot." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hold on! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You don't want the fumes to knock you over. I guess we'll get dinner while we wait. You can't expect any startling results from one shot." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose you feel that you'd like to take the whole lot?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought we might carry half of them," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Unless you're willing to dump your blankets, these will be enough. It's a long way to the Land...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We can't be far from camp?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "About three miles. We ought to see it when we're through the timber on the lower bench. Graham had wood enough to keep a good fire going." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Can't have been gone long," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Shout, Jake! cried Andrew." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm out of breath." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's mighty good to see!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Had any trouble?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No; and the foot's feeling better. The rest has done it good. I've been pretty comfortable since you left, though the wolves got so friendly last n...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What do you think of them, Jake?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My idea is that they're pretty good, though they are not carrying a remarkable quantity of metal. Of course, we may have struck only the edge of the lode. There wasn't time to find how it ran." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ah! he said, indicating a broad smear on his moccasin;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Broken out again, said Graham, curtly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's no use in talking about it. I can't nurse it now." }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If the moccasin comes off, I'll never get it on again," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You had better let me have hold," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll get off, said Graham." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I could hobble along if you fixed the back posts so I could lean on them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Stay where you...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I allow we're four miles to the good on this stage, Carnally said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's a quarter of a day knocked off. With luck and a smooth trail, we're going through." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Keep her going, urged Carnally" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We want to make the island where the cache is before dark." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get on! he cried hoarsely." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can stand a little more yet." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the place, he said hoarsely." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can't see the cache." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Search round here; I'll try farther on," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Haven't you found it yet?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, said Andrew, as calmly as he could." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There may have been a mistake about the spot. Carnally's gone back to look." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing; not a sign of a cache, he reported in a strained voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So far as I can see, this is the only place on the island where one could have been made. I found a few small spruces on a higher patch. We'll pack the truck along and cam...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This isn't the kind of supper I looked forward to but we'll get less to-morrow, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The blasted hog has played another trick on us!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll have another search in the morning, but you can ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't we get across to the west fork?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll try, said Carnally." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's a rough bit of country." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very rough, Graham agreed." }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's another thing, Carnally remarked presently" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Has it struck you that Hathersage may have given the hog a hint?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, he said sternly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's unthin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This looked the quickest way up and we haven't much time to lose, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll feel very savage if we don't get a clear view from the top." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You'll get that, replied Carnally, finding a precar...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is an abominable slope, he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've been on worse in Switzerland, but I had an ice-ax and wasn't half starved then. However, we'll have another try." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It means frost-bitten hands if...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It looks pretty bad, he said slowly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mappin knew his business when he had the cache made on the wrong side of the range." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He's smart, Carnally agreed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't we work around the hills to the other fork?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The grub would run out before we got there." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose we couldn't push straight across, leaving Graham until we came back?" }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Leave me behind," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, said Andrew firmly;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "When do you mean to start?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Right now! Carnally broke in." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Get t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yesterday afternoon I came up that river at four miles an hour, looking forward to my supper like an epicure. Now I'm glad to see the last of the place." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quit talking! said Carnally." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We can ma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is far enough, Jake, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're bad to tire, but I don't suppose you feel equal to hauling another passenger." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There's food up yonder, if we could get our hands on it, and I would enjoy a good supper, Heaven knows; but I don't feel equal to facing another disappointment, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid we'll have to wait until to-morrow." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I guess we're all thinking about those provisions. We'll look for them at sun-up. What I've been trying to do for several days is to put myself in Mappin's place." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must have been difficult, Andrew remarked." }, { "from": "huma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take that right hand gulch, Carnally directed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Follow it right down to the creek and come back up the next farther on, while I prospect east. If we find nothing in the ravines, we'll try the spurs." }, { "from": "human", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A dead fir! cried Carnally." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Looks as if somebody had broken the branches off, and there are no other trees about! The trouble is, we can't get up from here." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We will have to! declared Andrew."...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Steady me up, said Andrew." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If I can find a crack for my hand, I can get up there." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Throw one arm over the projection!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take a rest, advised Andrew." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you go slowly, you ought to get up this last bit." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll have to try. It's a sure thing I can't get down. But how d'you come to be so smart at this work?" }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A dead tree! Nobody put it there; it grew!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Come! We'll try farther on!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There wouldn't be much to complain of if we had enough to eat, said Andrew." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's surprising how soon one gets grateful for such a shelter as this, and I believe I've slept as soundly in the snow as I ever did in bed." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said Carnally," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I might feel content if I thought Mappin was as hungry as we are; but there's not much fear of that. The blasted hog has sense enough to keep out of the bush; going about the country getting his hands on other men's...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Boys, he said gravely," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing yet," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I didn't know you were coming back so soon," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Didn't you? she asked indifferently." }, { "from": "human", "value": "When my father had finished his business we suddenly made up our minds to leave, without consulting Mrs. Dento...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "One could hardly consider it an admirable type, she said, getting into the sleigh." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "However, it's too cold to stand talking." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's a little behind time; but soft snow or storms might delay the party." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then he mentioned a time when you could expect him?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said Mrs. Graham." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A man came down from the mine this morning, and my husband hadn't arrived, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid something has gone wrong!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "What can have gone wrong?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You're surprised to see me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, no! I didn't doubt your boldness." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Then I have your permission to remain?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm not sure that you need it, and it would be inhospitable to refuse it," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish you would play or sing something," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I didn't know you cared for music." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't, as a rule." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That sounds like a compliment, she answered, smiling...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank you, he said hoarsely, and picked out another song at random." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Won't you try this? I've never heard it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, she answered firmly;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I sing that only to people who I know will appreciate it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And you don't think I would?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It strikes me as very doubtful," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's the kind of thing you keep for sentimental fools like Allinson!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, she said with a tenderness which was meant to disturb her companion," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I sang it to him once." }, { "from": "g...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As he's a friend of ours, you're not very considerate, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What makes you speak with so much certainty?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It was a fool thing to go North in winter. It's no country for a raw tenderfoot, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The provisions were carefully packed and sent up in charge of good men, he declared hotly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They were properly cached; every precaution was taken." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Were they your men?" }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are anxious for news of the expedition, and it's comforting to remember that they had an excellent guide, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I'll play you something." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think, he said with mock severity," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Did he bore you very badly?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We have had guests here whom I'd rather entertain; but for your aunt's sake I try to be civil. After all, we have known the ma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All this is not exactly new to me, though Miss Hillyard, who seems to be a shrewd young lady, speaks strongly in Allinson's favor. From odd things he let fall, I'd formed a pretty good idea of the situation. Now that you have cleared the ground, you had better go on." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As it happens, I can help you, said the lumber-man." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There are two or three fellows on our pay roll whom we haven't much work for at present, though we'll need them later. They're good bushmen, and I might raise one or two more by sendin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've had a busy day, but I've got things satisfactorily fixed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have found men to take up provisions?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Better than that, replied Frobisher." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We've struck it right! It's Mr. Allinson!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm uncommonly glad to see you; but what brought you here?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where's the rest of you?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Carnally's down the hi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If one of you would go down the next spur and look for Carnally, I'd be glad, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I expect he's near the river and he's pretty hungry." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No more trouble! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Help has arrived!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Boys, he said hoarsely," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We certainly hustled, he said with a deprecatory air." }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I just don't want to move, he remarked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I feel most too good to talk; but if the rest of you have anything to say, I'll try to listen." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What's your program? one of the men asked." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's the kind of place you'd break a trail up if you were trying to make the neck," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It looks a good road from here, Carnally assented." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We didn't get so far along, but we'll climb up a piece." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You can go straight to the hotel, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll take Graham home." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, said Andrew firmly;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Make room; let her pass! It's Mrs. Graham!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You might help me up, boys." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We have brought him back, but I'm afraid he's a little the worse for wear," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have brought him back! she cried." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That is the greatest thing." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "His foot's in a very bad state, he reported." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's some risk of mortification, though I think it can be averted. I'll be able to tell you more in a day or two." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know of any surgeon in...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where's your boss this morning? Mappin inquired." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've been waiting for him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "At Graham's, said Carnally, sitting down." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've come instead. Mr. Allinso...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have hit it first time! Got feet, haven't you? You seem to want some stirring up! Carnally reached for an inkwell and flung it across the office at Mappin's head." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sorry I missed, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hold on! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What's the trouble? I thought you were coming through my ceiling!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Stand back! This business has to be got through, with! It's pretty well known that the fellow's smart at s...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You can do what you like about it, but if you're wise, you'll keep out of my sight, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It won't hurt me to let people know what made the trouble." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's a long while since I felt so good,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are quiet to-night," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I fear I'm disgracefully dull; but I don't seem able to think of anything except that it's very pleasant to be here again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You consider that a good excuse?" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wonder why you associate me with my father?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I can't tell you clearly, but I feel that you had something to do with the matter. Indeed, it made the relief more welcome. But you ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You suddenly changed the subject we began, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Were you not going to tell me why you feel depressed?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Something of the kind, replied Andrew." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's from the assayer; I left word at the settlement for the message to be sent on, he explained." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You will excuse my opening it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Of course, said Geraldine." }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've heard the news and I'm very glad, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was troubled about you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You couldn't hide it. Graham smiled at him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It wasn't your fault I got fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Andrew, she exclaimed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are there some? Andrew asked with a smile." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose I was anxious now and then. Not knowing whether you'll get enough to eat makes one think." }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You haven't spared me much attention yet, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How do you think I'm looking?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now that I think of it, you're growing rather pretty; though that is what I expected." }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "As I didn't see you downstairs I came up to look for you; Gertrude's with Hilda. Haven't Florence and Leonard arrived yet?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Train seems to be late, Andrew replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose I should have gone...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's good to see you, Tom, Andrew said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I heard you had just got home, and though it's an unhealthy country, you're looking very fit." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A little fever now and then, though I escaped fairly well...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think you did well in going to Canada, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Though I can't quite express what I mean, you look bigger." }, { "from": "human", "value": "As a matter of fact, I'm a good deal lighter." }, { "from": "gpt", "v...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm sure she merits it. But to speak of something else, I'm glad you asked the Olcotts here." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's another matter in which I'm indebted to you. What do you think of Olcott? H...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Isn't he amusing? she said with a soft laugh." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's doing penance and feeling as awkward as he deserves. No doubt Mrs. Olcott feels horribly bored." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you know about the matter?" }, {...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Feeling very bad, old boy?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have spent more cheerful moments," }, { "from": "human", "value": "It must be trying--the pause before the battle! But you'll shake off the sinking feeling when you get into action. Don't let the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I asked you to meet me here because you all have a large interest in Allinson's and the Rain Bluff mine, Andrew began." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought it fit that you should hear why I have made some changes in our Canadian plans." }, { "from": "huma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A large proportion of the company's work is done by contract, and I found that newly arrived immigrants, ignorant of their rights, were mainly employed. They were badly fed, though in Canada the rudest laborers are given a generous diet, worse housed, paid less than standard wag...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "After all, we are not responsible for the evils Andrew mentions, Mrs. Fenwood broke in." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must be the contractor's fault." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Responsibility, said Robert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It seems that I have been somewhat mistaken about the man," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now that you have been informed, you cannot feel that we ought still to entrust our work to him?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, he conceded;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I think not, said Andrew." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll have to tax your patience with some more figures. They show that we could do the work cheaper without wronging anybody we employ." }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I spent some time on the spot, investigating things, he reminded them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have heard our contractor's charges, and I have given you the cost of cutting rock and supplying props at regulation wages. Is Leonard inclined to challenge the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hardly think you are treating us fairly by keeping us in the dark," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then I must ask your forbearance. I was given full authority as a director when I went to Canada, and I must try to use it as I think best for the shareholders' benefi...