human
How did you get here, my man?
gpt
Faith, captain, that's more than I can be after telling you,
human
You don't mean to tell me that you don't know how you and your sentry-box were transported across the harbour in the middle of the night!
gpt
That's just what I'm saying I can't do, captain dear,
human
You must have been drunk as a fiddler,
gpt
I can swear, your honour, by all the holy saints, that I was sober as a judge, answered Pat.
human
Shure it's my belief I was lifted up by a couple of witches riding on broomsticks, and carried across without so much as wetting my feet, for my boots are as dry as if they had been roasting before the fire.
gpt
If witches carried the man across, they must be hunted up and punished,
human
Witches be hanged! exclaimed the captain;
gpt
Then, captain, if it was not witches, it must have been a score of will-o'-the-wisps, who just upset the sentry-box and towed it across the harbour while I was sitting quiet, not dreaming of what was happening, and only just looking up at the stars shining brightly above me,
human
You must have been asleep, at all events, or you would have discovered that your box was being moved,
gpt
Asleep is it, your honour! exclaimed the sentry;
human
Whether the sentry was drunk or asleep, whether transported across by witches or imps, we must have the sentry-box back again,