human
A gale is brewing up from the nor'-west, so Jack Molloy says,
gpt
Why, I thought it was blowing a gale _now_! returned Miles.
human
At least it seems so, if we may judge from the pitching and plunging.
gpt
Ah, lad, you are judging from the landlubber's view-point, returned the sergeant.
human
Wait a bit, and you will understand better what Molloy means when he calls this only a `capful of wind.'