human
I feel as if we were shut up in a tomb of fog,
gpt
Well, if ’misery likes company,’ it may make you happier to know the other boys are in the fog too, over on the island,
human
Yes, but they have solid ground under their feet, and are not likely to be run down as we are; besides, they’ll have a jolly time in spite of the fog. I know I could if I were on shore and not sea-sick, and that fog-horn of Marcus’s didn’t sound so dismal. I wonder how many blasts he blows in a minute?
gpt
Let’s go to bed; morning will come quicker,
human
If we could only sleep.
gpt
Well, we did pretty well last night.
human
Pretty well; but the cabin is so fishy and musty, and my stomach rolls over so many times in a minute, I can’t sleep,
gpt
said Ben, and then laughed in spite of his discomfort.
human
We sit here and croak like a couple of ravens, and Marcus toots that everlasting horn; let’s go below and try that,