human
Men, said I,
gpt
Don Christoval has asked me to take charge of this schooner. You may have heard him say so when he came aboard this morning.
human
I heard him, sir,
gpt
I shall want a mate, said I.
human
Butler, you filled that post under Captain Dopping. Will you take it afresh?
gpt
If I must, I must, sir, he answered gloomily.
human
No extra pay goes to the job, I suppose?
gpt
I can not tell you. Scott says that the lady's father behaved like a madman, and that you threatened him with your cutlass.
human
That's true, answered Butler.
gpt
He called us pirates, and swore he'd have us hanged as pirates. I never was tarmed a pirate afore, and I lost my temper, but I did him no hurt.
human
It's a job, exclaimed Tubb,
gpt
cried he, pointing to the dim haze of land,
human
That's a bad part of it, said I,
gpt
There's to be no loafing, no skulking, now, d'ye understand. We're too few as it is, and you're just one of those rusty pieces of old iron which want working up, Yankee fashion; so turn to, d'ye hear?