human
Steamer ahoy! What do you want?
gpt
Want all that bullion stowed in your strong room, answered Forsythe through a megaphone;
human
You want the bullion stowed in our strong room, do you? Anything else you want, sir?
gpt
Yes, answered Forsythe.
human
We want a boat full of provisions. Three barrels of flour, the rest in canned meats and vegetables.
gpt
Anything else?
human
That is all, answered Forsythe.
gpt
Load your gold into one of your own boats, the provisions in another. Lower them down and let the falls unreeve, so that they will go adrift. We will pick them up.
human
Well, of all the infernal impudence I ever heard, yours is the worst. I judge that you are that crew of jail-breakers we've heard of that stole a government boat and turned pirates.
gpt
You are right, answered Forsythe;
human
Sink us, you scoundrel? You can't, and you'd better not try, or threaten to. Your position is known, and three scouts started this morning from Boston and New York.
gpt
That bluff don't go, answered Forsythe.
human
Will you cough up?
gpt
No; most decidedly _no_!
human
Kelly, said Forsythe,