human
Poor fellow! said Moses to Molloy,
gpt
I don't wonder you are tired, for you not only carried twice as much as any of us, but you took part of _my_ load. Indeed he did, comrades, added Moses, turning to his friends with an apologetic air.
human
I didn't want him to do it, but he jerked part o' my load suddenly out o' my hand an' wouldn't give it up again; an', you know, I didn't dare to make a row, for that would have brought the lash down on both of us. But I didn't want him to carry so much, an' him so tired.
gpt
Tired! exclaimed the sailor, with a loud laugh.
human
Why, I warn't tired a bit. An', you know, you'd have dropped down, Moses, if I hadn't helped ye at that time.
gpt
Well, I confess I _was_ ready to drop, returned Moses, with a humbled look;