human
Get that pilot up here, if you have to drag him. I don't know where the channel is, and I am liable to put the whole outfit aground any minute, shouted Phil Forrest.
gpt
Teddy, never mind that idiotic donkey. We're in a fix. Get downstairs, at one jump, and see that the pilot is brought up here lively.
human
I'll fetch him. You watch me,
gpt
What is the trouble here?
human
That is exactly what I have been trying to find out,
gpt
What, _Phil?_
human
Yes, it's Phil.
gpt
What are you doing in there?
human
Steering the boat.
gpt
Piloting the--where is the pilot?
human
Somewhere below. I have sent Teddy after him. You see, January was trying to kick the pilot house off the boat and into the river. The pilot, thinking the animals had escaped, fled. When I came up this craft was traveling astern and January was making a sieve of this little house. I have got the 'Marie' going forward, but I may run her aground if he doesn't come along pretty soon.