human
I've been after talking, Misther Terence, with some of those black gentlemen, and shure if they're from the old country they've forgotten all about it, which no raal Irishman would ever do, I'll stake my davey! he exclaimed.
gpt
They've never heard of Limerick, or Cork, or Waterford, or the Shannon, or Ballinahone, and that proves to me that they couldn't have been in the old country since they were born. And now, Misther Terence dear, you were joking shure,
human
Well, Larry, I said,
gpt
That's just what I wanted to be speaking to you about, Misther Terence, he answered.
human
I'm after thinking that they'll not be on board many days if they get a chance of slipping on shore. I heard them one day talking about it in Irish, forgetting that I understood what they were saying; and as we had a hand in the taking of them, says I to myself, we'll not let you go so aisy, my boys, and I'll be after telling Misther Terence about it.
gpt
You have acted rightly, Larry, I answered.
human
It's the duty of every seaman to prevent mutiny or desertion, and if you hadn't told me the fellows might have got off, though, to be sure, the best of them are king's hard bargains.
gpt
Thank you, my lad, he answered;
human
I'll take care that an eye is kept upon them.