human
Well, what do you think of this new scheme?
gpt
I don't know that I like it over well, but I judge the temptation would prove a strong one for the Captain. It is a big stroke of luck, after all.
human
The Captain appears to be rather keen upon money making.
gpt
I suppose he is, said Webster slowly;
human
As little as there is about that twelve-pounder.
gpt
That's where you lose your compass, said Webster gravely.
human
For fifteen years the Captain's dream has been to save money enough to make a home for his future wife, my sister, Hume. When I was a boy at school he was courting her--a fine, high-spirited fellow, with a way about him that won everybody's goodwill. I have marked him grow more silent and stern as the years went by, and I have seen my sister's gaiety grow into a sweet and tender patience; but never a word of marriage from him. He was waiting for his fortune, and twice he made it and lost it, once after ten years in the merchant service, when he was wrecked, and once after running a blockade, when he was captured and imprisoned by the Peruvians. `'Tis coming, love,' he would say; `a house for you and a little farmyard for me, down in the old county.' Poor little Loo! I think I see her now sitting, as sometimes she would when the housework was done, with her hands in her lap, looking wistfully into the future. God grant her wishes may be fulfilled!
gpt
I say no more about the Captain, said Frank warmly,
human
No doubt he has, but he might as safely light a cigar at a volcano as attempt to win over any of our men.
gpt
Mr Webster, we will lay by till morning. Take all the men on board and get it as shipshape as possible. Find, if you can, the supercargo's manifesto, and if you can't, then make a rough inventory of the cargo.