human
Rowboat ahoy! Come alongside, and wait there for me
gpt
I’ll leave your dirty tramp immediately, sir. You can keep my wages—I don’t want them. Take them and buy a book on seamanship. You’ll need it the next time you get in shoal water
human
You insolent old devil...!
gpt
Don’t touch me! The old man’s voice was level and hard; his hands swung at his sides. He advanced threateningly.
human
You didn’t dare touch me at sea; don’t do it now. I... Speechlessness overcame him. Too much: it could never be put into words.
gpt
My God! he murmured, turning away
human
I was master of a ship before he was born