human
I should be much obliged to you, Mr Betts, if you can supply me with a sextant, and the use of the chronometer, as I should like to ascertain our position.
gpt
Then you won't be obliged to me, for I don't intend to let you have them, answered the boatswain.
human
I can take care of this ship, and I won't have any one interfering with me.
gpt
I do not wish to interfere, said Tom.
human
I only desire to take an observation for my own satisfaction.
gpt
Then you won't have the satisfaction,
human
At all events, if I can get a look at a chart, I shall be able to calculate where we are although that may not prevent this obstinate fellow from running the ship on a reef, and it will be a mercy if that is not her fate,
gpt
I believe the man has gone out of his mind, said Desmond, when he found himself alone with his two messmates.
human
It is a pity we did not put him in irons at first, and we might now have been on our way to Hong-kong.
gpt
We did what was right, observed Tom,