human
Thar was an awful row, he went on.
gpt
I ran out on the taffrail, and there a dozen yards away was that purty creature, that peart gal, and--I--
human
You jumped for her,
gpt
No! he said gravely.
human
I let the other man do the jumping. I sorter looked on.
gpt
No, he went on, seriously.
human
He was the man who jumped--that was just then his 'put'--his line of business. You see, if I had waltzed over the side of that ship, and cavoorted in, and flummuxed round and finally flopped to the bottom, that other man would have jumped nateral-like and saved her; and ez he was going to marry her anyway, I don't exactly see where I'D hev been represented in the transaction. But don't you see, ef, after he'd jumped and hadn't got her, he'd gone down himself, I'd hev had the next best chance, and the advantage of heving him outer the way. You see, you don't understand me--I don't think you did in Californy.
gpt
Then he did save her?
human
Of course. Don't you see she was all right. If he'd missed her, I'd have chipped in. Thar warn't no sense in my doing his duty onless he failed.
gpt
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