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[ { "from": "human", "value": "To this side--quick! they are upon us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are their skins worth anything?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, they are worth a few dollars apiece, except in the case of old lions, who are apt to become mangy, and these are not worth skinning. We have killed eight of them, but their skins will not be worth an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is the master of the herd, Mr Harvey said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "he added, gazing at the elephant through his field-glass," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Very bad elephant that, Tony whispered to Dick;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dick fire first, Blacking whispered in his ear;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Run, Dick! run!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank God, he is breathing! he exclaimed at once." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lift his head, Dick; open his shirt, Blacking; and give me some water out of your gourd. I trust he is only stunned; that brute was in such a hurry that he had not time to squeeze him fa...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lie still, Tom, Mr Harvey said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Some of your ribs are damaged, Tom, he said cheerfully;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We made a sad mess with that old bull to-day, Dick, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is humiliating to think that he should have charged us all, injured Tom, and got away almost unscathed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You see, sir, Dick said...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What on earth is it all about?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is the elephant again, Tom; lie quiet, whatever you do; you cannot run away, so lie just as you are." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All right, Tom! Dick shouted loudly;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have done for him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank God, you are safe, my boys, Mr Harvey said, as he leapt from his horse." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have had a terrible fright. We followed the spoor to the point where they had passed the night; here the trackers were much puzzled by the fact that the gre...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you not ashamed of yourselves? he asked;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are you good for? they asked scornfully;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They can run, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They are silly birds, Mr Harvey said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Bring down an old bird if you can, Dick, and then let the rest go, and give your attention to cutting off the young ones." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How much are each of those feathers worth?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Those fine white ones will fetch from 1 pound to 1 pound 5 shillings apiece out here--some as high as 30 shillings. A perfect ostrich feather, fit for a court-plume, will sell in England for 3 ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What is the value of an ostrich?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "An ostrich of about three or four months old, Mr Harvey replied," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where do they get water out here in the desert?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Giraffe." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't see it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "They are very difficult to see, Mr Harvey remarked;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is the skin valuable?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I might as soon have tried to catch an express train; they went right away from me,--and Tommy can gallop too; but he hadn't a chance with them, although he did his best." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They do move along at a tremendous pace in their clumsy fashion. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The chief says come; he says he has been a long time without trade. But before he answered he talked with his chiefs, and I don't know whether he means honestly. The tribe has a bad name; they are thieves and robbers." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, we will go o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I expect these fellows have come as spies rather than traders, Mr Harvey said to the lads." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As a general thing the natives come in with their wives and children; but, you see, these are all men. I observed too that they have particularly...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am glad to be riding out again with you, Dick, he said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are attacked," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What will they do now?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are cowards, Jumbo said contemptuously." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If they had been Zulus, or Swazis, or Matabele, they would have rushed in upon us, and finished it at once." }, { "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is it a serious wound?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not kill him, he said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "They no catch him, Tony said confidently;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Blacking clever man; he not run too fast; let them keep clos...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That was a capital shot of yours, Dick, Tom said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will try next time. Our rifles will carry easily enough as far as that, although the hunters' won't. If we can but prevent any of these fellows who have gone after Blacking from coming...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We all right now, Jumbo said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you think Mr Harvey will bring the whole caravan?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sure to do dat, Jumbo said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He no able to leave party to protect ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are they round you still?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No; they have all gone," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have given me a nice fright," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have had a pretty good fright ourselves, Dick replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If it had not been for Blacking pluckily getting through them to take you the news, I don't think we...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have a complaint to make, chief, Mr Harvey said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is bad, the chief said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "They were inside your territory anyhow, Mr Harvey said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It was upon ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How is it, he asked," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My people are very poor, the chief said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "They cannot have been fighting all the time, Mr Harvey rejoined;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are now coming, Mr Harvey said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It has been a pretty hard day's work to-day!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is nothing to to-morrow's, as you will see, Mr Harvey replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Traders consider this defile to be the very hardest passage anywhere in South Af...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It would be a fearful place to be attacked in, Dick said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Mr Harvey said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The three hunters and ten of our men with muskets are up there; they started three hours ago, as they would have...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are in a very nasty position, boys, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Steady! Mr Harvey shouted;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tom, go on a hundred yards in front, and keep that distance ahead of the leading waggon. Shoot down at once any one who attempts to pass you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you think there is any chance of their attacking us to-night, down the slopes, as they did this morning?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "None whatever, the latter replied," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The defile must be held, Mr Harvey said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We might creep forward, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know what is best, Dick. I quite agree with you, it is a tremendous position to storm, but on the other hand it would be almost as bad to retreat." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What on earth are you doing, Jumbo?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look there, sir," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, what of that? Mr Harvey said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Me no think nothing about him, sir; that place, sir, no con...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Storm come, sir; very bad storm. I see him coming, and say to Massa Tom, `Two or tree hour fight over; now you see someting like a mountain-storm. In tree hours water come down twenty feet deep.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are right, Jumbo. It is lucky the st...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The rain is tremendous outside, Dick said, as he joined Mr Harvey." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You can have no idea what it is here. The water is pouring so fast into the valley that a stream is forming there already, and will soon be running two or three feet dee...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Quick, Dick, Mr Harvey shouted," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Run!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If it goes on like this for another quarter of an hour, Mr Harvey said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't see why the water should not run off as fast as it comes in," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It all depends, Dick, upon the question whether in the lower defile there is any place narrower than the mouth, through which the water is rushing from above. Accordin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We shall have no more trouble with the natives, Mr Harvey said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you think that those below were caught, as well as those above?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly, Mr Harvey answered;" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And now what is the news in the colony?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Things don't look well, they answered;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought we should have trouble with them, Mr Harvey said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Perhaps not, the trader said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Things have come to a pretty pass, Mr Harvey said, as he dismounted," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a bad business, boys, Mr Harvey said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What do you want?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We summon you to surrender, the Boers said;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We have done nothing of the sort, Mr Harvey answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We were going quietly along the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What on earth are they going to do?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are going to surround us, Mr Harvey said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't throw away a shot. When you see the flash of a rifle, aim steadily at that point; the next time a head is lifted to take aim, hit it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What will they do next?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know, Dick; the Boers are by no means fond of exposing themselves to danger, as has been proved over and over again in their fights with natives. They must have suffered already a great deal more than the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is an awful nuisance, Dick said to Tom on the march," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have come to make a complaint against some Boers," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then I can tell you beforehand, the magistrate put in," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have scarcely come to you, sir, with the idea of obtaining redress, but rather of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think you have got remarkably well out of the affair, and although the attack of the Boers has cost you the life of one of your followers and twelve oxen, as you have killed eight or ten of them you have made matters more than even, and have, moreover, given them a lesson whic...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You have had a baptism of fire early." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They have had some very much more serious fighting in the country north of the Limpopo; besides, they were both present at Isandula, Kambula, and Ulundi." }, { "from": "human", "value": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You had better tell it, Dick, Tom said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your life is indeed an adventurous one, he said, when the trader had finished." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It needs endurance, pluck, coolness, and a steady finger on the trigger. You may truly be said, indeed, to carry your lives in your hands." }, { "fro...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look here, lads, Mr Harvey said;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The assistance arrived in time. Two of the drivers were found to be dead, but Macgregor and the other hands, sixteen in number, were all brought round. The supply carried by the natives was sufficient to give an ample drink to the eighteen oxen which were still alive. A feed of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The next day we got in motion, and when, three days later, we arrived at the kraal from which we had started, I rode over to the tree and recovered my revolver and saddles. Not even a bone remained of the carcases of the horses, or of my native attendant." }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is all up, Tom; it is simply a massacre. We will wait for a minute or two, and then mount and make a dash for it." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is of no use, Tom; let us mount and make a bolt for it. They must surrender in a few minutes, or not a man will be left alive." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must stop this, Dick said, as they breasted an ascent." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If they should happen to hit one of our horses, it would be all up with us. Dismount, Tom, as soon as you are over the rise." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I don't like the look of things, father, Dick said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What you say seems right enough, Dick, his father answered;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have no doubt that he is an excellent officer, father; but he has had no expe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am glad we are out of hearing of that dreadful old creature, said Algernon, as they galloped along." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope she will not prove a true prophetess." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't believe in wizards or witches, answe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let me, general, let me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, my dears, the same accident might have happened to any one of you, she remarked, with a comical expression, which showed that she was less put out than most people would have been by the occurrence," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Our friends cannot be far behind us, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We ought to go back, and we shall soon meet them. I promised to guide them through the labyrinth which leads to Fair Rosamond's Bower, as the summer-house on the top of the mound overlookin...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I fear the rain will come down before we can reach the house, Miss Castleton, observed Captain Headland." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If there is a boat near at hand I might row you across the lake, which would both shorten the distance and save you the fatigue of ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I wonder Harry did not speak more to me about her, he thought," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you been much in the East?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I believe I was born there, he answered, forgetting his intention of not speaking of himself." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Indeed my early days were at all events passed in that part of th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you sketch, Captain Headland?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I should like to come out on the lake and make some sketches, said Julia." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have hitherto had no one to row the boat, and Algernon can seldom be tempted on the water; indeed, he is not much of an oarsman." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hilloa! gallant son of Neptune, I congratulate you on discovering our missing Ariadne who was to have been our guide through the labyrinthine walks of Texford. Fortunately we missed our way, and found ourselves close to the house just as the storm came on." }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will be a lucky dog, captain, if you succeed in securing so fair a prize, whispered the general, giving the young officer a not very gentle dig in the ribs." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have entertained some thoughts in that direction myself, but I see that a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sorry for that, said Miss Jane." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I charged him to use no violence towards the young man." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Lord bless you, marm, answered the dame," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I fear that yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Have you told the ladies about the grand doings to take place at Texford?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then while I am here I will just put in a word. A little change will do you good, and if I tell them I'll keep you by my side all the time, I don't think they wil...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have not seen him, but I know where he is, answered Jacob;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I would not hurt her feelings if I could help it, he said to himself;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and Miles glanced approvingly on his new and fashionable costume." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If she still turns a cold eye upon me that worthy dad o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will come home early, said Miss Jane, as she wished her good-bye;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You must tell me all that takes place when you come back, said Miss Mary." }, { "from": "human", "value": "If you see Miss Castleton and her brothers, and...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Glad to see you, dame, and Miss May and friend Adam," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thank you, Mr Groocock. It's a beautiful sight," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well enough, answered the steward," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must go and get yonder crowd of rustics under weigh again," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think I ought to know you." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, please you, Mr Harry; and maybe you remember the trip you took in the _Nancy_ with my good man here." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ah, how fares it with you, my friend? he said, shaking A...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was very glad, I know, to have been of service, though I suspect I ran very little personal risk in performing the exploit," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I suspect that I was too young to have thanked you for the service you rendered me as I ought to have done, sh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Are you likely to be walking about the grounds, or do you intend to remain where you are?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "While this sort of fun goes on I do not think we can be better off than where we are," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I will see you ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am sure, Miss, I do not wish to offend you, and I have a thousand pardons to ask, he heard the stranger say." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's all a mistake to suppose that I intended to be otherwise than polite and respectful." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is not the place where I can treat you as you deserve; but there is only one thing I have to say, that is to take yourself off, and don't come near our Maiden May if you wish to keep a whole skin on your back." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll make you pay dearly for this, old fellow," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who was that young man? asked Harry, glancing in the direction Miles had gone." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He seems to have caused you some annoyance," }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When the people begin to get tired of their present amusements, we are going to have some boat racing on the lake, and as soon as it grows dark there are to be fireworks, which will have a pretty effect on the water. I hope that you will remain to see them," }, { "from":...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I must attend to my duties," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, Harry, you look quite bewildered! Has anything happened?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, indeed, laughed Harry, who had no secrets with Headland." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have made a discovery. I have seen such a lovely girl. I wanted t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "And what do you think of my friend Headland? I have not overpraised him, have I?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You certainly have not overpraised him, answered Julia, examining some flowers amid which they were walking." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have not liked to mention this circumstance to any one, not thinking it fair to my friend, as it would set people talking about him. But you well know how very tenacious our father is on the subject of birth, and so I fancy is our mother, and they would blame me excessively if...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Harry ought, indeed, to have told me this before, she said with a sigh." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is now too late. If Headland really loves me, and I am sure he does, I cannot be mistaken. If he proposes to me I must not leave him to suppose that I am indiffe...