human
Hallo, Jack! Why, you've got a knack of turning up unexpectedly everywhere!
gpt
That's wery much your own case, retorted the seaman heartily.
human
What brought _you_ here?
gpt
Ay, lad, and they'd need to be stout timbers too, to make headway through such a sea of sand, returned Molloy, feeling his own limbs with tenderness.
human
D'ee think we're in for a brush to-night, lad?