human
The curse of God shall surely fall upon us, cried the Puritan furiously.
gpt
When summoned to work in His vineyard we turn a deaf ear to the call. Did evil come to me when I dragged with mine own hands from the reformed communion table of our parish church at Dorchester a Jesuit in disguise, and flung the dog into our little river Thame there to repent him of his former and latter sins?
human
Peace, friend, said old Penfold.
gpt
Here is not England, nor stand we on English territory. Let yonder papists worship their saints and idols to their own decay. We are but few in number, though valiant in spirit, and with every man a wound to show. Remember also that this ship is not yet our prize.
human
Croaker,
gpt
Say rather a man to whom age has brought sound judgment,
human
It is my turn, said the deep voice of the unknown.
gpt
Sir Captain, I have a favour to beg. There is a gun yonder on which I have set my eye, a brass gun of some twenty pounds weight, loaded with ball. If it displease you not, I will discharge that gun from the aftmost deck in such a manner that it shall harm no man. Sir Captain, I have some small experience in aiming the gun.
human
Good sir, he said,
gpt
My name is my own, my sword the king's, my life belongs to my country, said the stranger.
human
Enough to know that I am a man of Kent. If now I have answered you, sir, I beg of you to answer me.
gpt
We should but reveal ourselves.
human
Every minute widens yon strip of water between ourselves and the pursuer. She is sailing her fastest, and each minute sends us more of the wind which she has been taking from us. This breeze may endure for another hour, by which time we shall have reached the chasm which is called Tadousac. Sixteen years have I dwelt upon this river, good master, both in winter and summer, and no servant of King Louis, nor Indian of the forest, knows its waters better than I.
gpt
What answer shall I give?
human
Consent,