human
A nice night we've had of it, captain, he observed in a tone which showed but little anxiety on his part.
gpt
It was only towards the morning the infernal hubbub would allow me a moment's sleep. But, hillo! what have you been doing with your foremast? Why, it's shorn of half its just proportions. And a pretty work seems to have been going forward on your deck. Why, I should have thought you had been in action already.
human
With the winds and waves we have, sir, answered Bowse.
gpt
I wish we were in a better condition to meet an enemy.
human
Well, I wish we were, if there is a prospect of our seeing one again, said the colonel.
gpt
However, I suppose you've managed to give the go-by to our friend, the _Flying Dutchman_.
human
I wish I could say so, Colonel Gauntlett. There she is, as big as life; and, what is more, may be alongside of us any moment those on board her may desire.
gpt
Ods life, then we shall have to fight her after all, exclaimed the colonel, with animation.
human
It's a pity we didn't have it out yesterday, and have enjoyed a quiet night's rest after it.
gpt
I wish we had, sir, said the master, his spirits a little cheered by the colonel's coolness.
human
We should have had an advantage we shall not enjoy to-day. She has the weather gauge, and may select her own time to engage us, and is, I suspect, but waiting till the sea goes down, when she may run us alongside, and take advantage of the great superiority of men she has, depend on it, on board her.
gpt
We must see, however, what we can do, replied the colonel.
human
But, after all, the fellow may be an Austrian. He has hoisted those colours.
gpt
Merely to blind us, sir, depend on it, answered the master.
human
He is even now edging down upon us.