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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Depend on me, massa. I find dem out, wherever dey are, and bring back word," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have made up my mind to have that fellow's coat for my share." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gentlemen, we are betrayed--treachery is intended--fly for your lives!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Save yourself if you can--quick!--through the window; all hope is gone for us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, Antonio, I said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Si, senor, like a fish." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then, the instant our horses lose their footing, we must slip from their backs and guide them across." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "On, on!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "O senor, you are bleeding!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose so, I answered," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do, senor, allow me to bind your sash over the wound, or you will faint from loss of blood; then it will be difficult to get you back," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It was high time to do this, senor, he observed;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What has happened, my dear Duncan? he exclaimed as he saw me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You look as pale as death. Why, you must be wounded; no doubt about it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We must get the doctor to you, in the first place; then y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have any of the officers escaped?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We must avenge them, he said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I must look after you, said Captain Brown;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I thought I should have had you by my side in to-morrow's fight, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A few weeks! I exclaimed;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought a few days would put me to rights, doctor." }, { "from": "human", "value": "For the sake of getting another bullet through you, he observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If the enemy intended a night attack, they had thought better of it when they found that you had escaped and given us warning, said Captain Brown, when he awoke me in the morning and gave me the breakfast that Antonio had brought." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are where you should not be, young man!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I want to know how my friend is," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What, Duncan, my boy! exclaimed the captain, who recognised my voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You don't mean to say that we are to go over that spider's-web affair! Why! it looks as if it would give way with the weight of that woman going along it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Have no fears about the matter, senor captain; cavalry have charged over it befor...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are not so well accustomed to it, my boy, as I am. I have no extra flesh to be annoyed, you see; and my parchment-like skin soon unites," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am sorry I allowed Mr Laffan and you to go, he said." }, { "from": "human", "valu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is a sad way of employing our strength and talents, he observed to my father." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The same exertions rendered to the cause of peaceful industry, might make this country rich and flourishing, instead of which all our energies are being ex...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If you do not, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will not answer for your life." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Godos! the Godos! the hated Spaniards! The enemy is upon us!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You can do nothing, and will certainly lose your life," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will surrender, senor colonel, if you will spare my life." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, well! trust to me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will be safe here, he said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I am a non-combatant, and it is my duty to attend to the wounded," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can you say as much for your son? remarked Don Cassiodoro." }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But you will run a risk of being captured, if not of being injured or killed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who's there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Duncan," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For the moment I didn't know you, Duncan, said Mr Laffan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thankful I am that you have escaped; for I have been in a mighty fright about you and your father since the Spaniards entered the place. Come in, come in, and tell me all about i...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am better disguised dan you, Senor Duncan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are my mother, sister, Don Ricardo, and the rest well?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, yes, I hab a good account to give ob dem, he replied;" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now, Paul, I said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Berry sorry to say, not good. I hear as I come 'long dat all de gates are guarded, so dat no one can go out ob de city; dat de general gib orders to take up eberybody in de place who can read and write, no matter ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, no; I'll stop and defend the house to the last. The plundering rascals will hesitate before they attempt to break-in, he answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have four muskets and three brace of pistols, and I shall be able to give a good account of a doze...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That Spanish tiger has sworn to stamp out every spark of liberty in the land, and to destroy all those who are capable of rekindling it, he observed;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Duncan, I can trust to your judgment and energy, and also to those of Mr Laffan. I wil...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How are we to get up there?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Draw this up after you, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He is nowhere below, but we shall probably unkennel him in the upper story," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where can that rascally English doctor be? exclaimed one of them." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He was too wise to hide in his own house; but if ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you convinced, gentlemen, that the English doctor is not here? I heard Don Cassiodoro ask." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, I desire you to apologise to me for your intrusion. The general knows best whether it would be politic to shoot a skilful surgeon and an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Leave dat to me, said Paul;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The noble brute may render us good service on our journey, and I would sooner have him than half a dozen guards, who would be very likely to rob us, or run away if we were attacked." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That man is as true as steel, observed Don Cassiodoro." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You cannot proceed without an attendant, and I have directed him to accompany you. You will find Domingo of the greatest use. He believes you to be what you profess to be. I have ch...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You Englishmen appreciate the book, he observed to my tutor;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said Mr Laffan," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am aware that the English do not like much of that root, as I discovered by observing the expressions of disgust exhibited by the countenances of some British officers for whom I had prepared a dish with rather more, perhaps, than the usual allowance of seasoning. One of them ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That would form a good military post, observed Mr Laffan, pointing to the spot." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Either our friends or our enemies will take possession of it one of these days, and it will prove a hard matter to drive them out." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You had better not, senor, cried Domingo;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It never does to run from these creatures, observed Domingo, as he remounted;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah, senor, you might have seen twice as many before the Spaniards passed by, said Domingo;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Those fellows would make useful cavalry, if they could be got to face the enemy; and I should like to find myself at the head of a thousand of them, observed Mr Laffan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We should give a good account of any of the Spanish lancers we migh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "An English milord going over the Quindio mountains to Bogota," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Impossible, was the answer." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Six is the least in which the journey can be performed. Except with the greatest exertion, it requires seven." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I must start at daybreak to-morrow morning, and my or...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Domingo will have to walk, and so must we, if we wish to push on fast, he observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They can go on ahead, and we can overtake them at the foot of the mountains," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh! he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A pleasant journey to you then, colonel, said Mr Laffan, giving him a higher title than was his due." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We Englishmen, unaccustomed to your wild mountains, cannot travel so fast." ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who goes there? Take care, whoever you are, else I'll send a bullet through your head." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How is it that you, who have been some months in the country, cannot speak Spanish?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The young milord has no aptitude for learning languages, he observed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you were to go to England, it migh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "El senor speaks Spanish better than I should have supposed possible from the short time he has been in the country," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I can understand what you say, and that is all I want, I answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It makes no difference to me, he observed;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Stop, Duncan, cried Mr Laffan;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not like the look of things." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Very likely, he answered;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But what shall we do for provisions?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We shall find game enough on the road to supply all our wants," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are coming to the steepest part of our journey, said Manoel;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are those of a sillero carrying some person. We shall soon overtake them." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are no weight; it makes not the slightest di...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He has met the fate he deserved," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But the sillero will see you, and suppose you will inform against him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He is my brother, and knows that the secret is safe in my keeping. Can I trust you? No ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When the Spaniards are driven away, and a Liberal government is established, we must have a good road over these mountains, exclaimed Mr Laffan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is a disgrace to a civilised country, that no better means of communication exists betwe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bravo, Duncan! you behaved famously; and Manoel too--he is a fine fellow. All the same, the turkey is welcome, for I am terribly hard set." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There they are!--I hope I am not mistaken." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If they are Spaniards, senor, we shall be wise to move forward, for they will treat you with but little ceremony, I suspect." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope that we shall meet again," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We shall, senor, it may be, if you do not soon leave the country," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I may stay longer than I at first intended," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Salto," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is worth coming all the way from England to behold such a scene as this, observed Mr Laffan to our guide, as he put a piece of money into the man's hand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The young milord is highly pleased." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wish he would address us as Englishmen, which he might easily do without causing suspicion; we could then learn all we want to know, and form a plan for helping him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am sure those are Englishmen! Have pity on me, noble gentlemen; I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They are all safe, he answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Your father's black servant--I won't mention his name--has charge of them, and they are still safe in the mountains. I was unfortunately tempted to leave our retreat, in the hope of raising a body of Indi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will do your best, I am sure, he said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, I said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Faith, I wonder the fellows don't turn round and shoot him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Probably, to save the risk of that, they are not supplied with ammunition, I rejoined." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This is the way in which the Spaniards obtai...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take my advice, and stow away breakfast first, observed Mr Laffan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is a sound rule to follow when travelling, unless one knows that a substantial meal is waiting one at the end of the stage." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are welcome, at all events, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is the very reason why Murillo will desire to destroy him, he observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "His intention is to rid the country of all men of superior intelligence and influence; and he has especially vowed to put to death every lawyer who falls into ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who are they, and where are they going?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That lady is Dona Paula Salabariata; and she is going to her death." }, { "from": "human", "value": "To her death!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes; in a few minutes she ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Success to the cause of my oppressed countrymen!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sad, very sad, that such things should be, observed Don Jose;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Does he remember the tale of `the dragon's teeth'? I asked." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The blood of that young girl cries for vengeance, and I feel assured ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Time will show, he remarked;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We may bamboozle the scoundrel, and succeed where others have failed, observed the dominie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is nothing like impudence,--or a bold bearing, as some would call it,--when one has to deal with a fellow of this sort." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Who are you, and what do you want?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell him that I am English, and how, hearing that a countryman of mine has been imprisoned unjustly, I have come to demand his release, and permission for him to accompany me back to England." }, {...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was afraid so, observed our host." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If Murillo has made up his mind, no power on earth can turn him from his purpose." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You know me, Antonio?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ah yes, senor, the moment I saw you, while we were on the march here. I joined the Godos as the only means of saving my life--having obtained the uniform of a corporal who had been killed. My intention, however, wa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I fear, my friends, you are not exactly what you represent yourselves to be, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are honest, I doubt not, and well-conducted, and I wish to fulfil my engagement as far as I can to assist you; but I must advise you to leave this...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I know him. He is talented, learned, and noble-minded," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The world will suffer if he dies," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I know it, my friend, answered Don Jose;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He took my arm as ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It will be sad news to carry to my mother and father, and to Dona Dolores. What will become of her? Her father dead--her property destroyed; but, probably, she herself is by this time in the hands of the Spaniards, and may ere long share the fate of Dona Paula. Shall I ever meet...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have been provided with this for you to put on, senor, he said, producing a serving-man's dress, similar to that which I had worn at Popayan. It was curious that the same disguise should have been chosen." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are suspected of being a ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But I cannot desert you, Duncan! he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will stick by you, whatever happens." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But how will you be able to travel alone?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I do not intend to travel alone, if I can help it, I answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I believe that Antonio will succeed in liberating Uncle Richard, and that I shall be a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Quien vive?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That must be Uncle Richard, I thought." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The dog knows him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must make for the mountains immediately; there will be less risk of the Godos looking for us there," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I should think we must be safe from pursuit here; but I will just take a look-out from yonder height," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here come some suspicious-looking fellows; but they are a good way astern at present, so that we must somehow or other leave them on t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You go first, Senor Ricardo," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell the old Indian to be smart in hauling me across," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take care, senores; you will break it, if you pull too hard," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Haul away," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, said Uncle Richard," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Travellers are constantly coming this way, and I was getting some cocoa ready lest any should come in," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I cannot do so myself; but my son, who will be here shortly, will willingly do so. He has guided many travellers across the Paramo," ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope the last were well beaten," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So do I, I observed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You do not take us for Godos?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I judge of people by their conduct, and as yet I have had no op...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is the remains of a bear we killed some days ago," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must be prepared to push rapidly across the Paramo, observed Padillo." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is late in the year, and I do not altogether like the look of the weather. We shall require two days at least to get to the further end. Frequently three days a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "At all events, no human beings appear to have died here," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't say that, until you have got further," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This does not look pleasant, observed Uncle Richard;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Never mind, friend, never mind; it's all for your good." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is very unpleasant, cried Uncle Richard;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope we shall soon reach the hut," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cheer up--in a few minutes we shall be there, I heard Uncle Richard say, and at that instant I sank to the ground. I heard the footsteps of my companions as they moved on; but, seized with a kind of i...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I can trust you better than I can Antonio or the guide, he observed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "However strong may be your impulse to sleep, do not yield to it, as our lives may depend on the fire being kept up." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, L...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do not fear, senor, he answered--giving, however, an ominous yawn;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll keep my eyes open." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It was but for a moment, senor; my eyelids are so very heavy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look at the fire! I exclaimed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It must have been a very long moment since you put anything on. Now, help me to make it up." } ]