human
If you will hold this, she said,
gpt
I will go across the bridge.
human
Don't trouble yourself to do that, said Will,
gpt
I will go over.
human
No, said Greta,
gpt
I wish to go. I am captain of my own craft, and I know how to manage my 'Wilhelmina.'
human
I had no idea she was so pretty, said Will.
gpt
She is a true, stanch little sailer.
human
She don't show off until she is on the water, said Greta, smiling,
gpt
I can guess. You will send your boat back to me from below the island while I hold this end of the cord. That will bring the line around my ship and pull her off.
human
I thought of that, but it is too risky. If anything should go wrong with my boat, the line might get tangled; or there might be too great a strain, and the ship would come off with a jerk and be tumbled bottom upward into the water. I intend to untie the cord from the boat, and you and I must walk slowly down toward the 'America,'--I on that side, and you on this. We must hold the cord low so as to catch the mast under the sail, if we can.
gpt
All right,
human
Wilhelmina.