human
Someone untied that rope,
gpt
Who do you suppose took it?
human
Some no-good moonshiner, I suppose, snorted Ben indignantly.
gpt
Keelhaul those fellows, they're a natural born pest, the whole boiling of them.
human
Do you think they could have weathered the squall in her?
gpt
No, sir, he replied.
human
I doubt he'd last out a squall as long in that craft as it would take a sailor to eat a piece of plum-duff. Whoever took that boat is at the bottom of the sea by now and the Squeegee along with him.