human
Well, I suppose as soon as this tornado blows over, we shall have a tranquil time of it, and hear no more of your Flying Dutchman and bloody pirates, he observed to the master, as he held on the weather bulwarks.
gpt
I did not bargain for all this sort of work, I can tell you, when I refused a passage in a king's ship in order that I might avoid the society of those young jackanapes of naval officers, and save my little girl from being exposed to their interested assiduities.
human
Can't say what may happen to us, returned Bowse, who was a great stickler for the honour of the navy, and did not at all relish the colonel's observations.
gpt
I've done my best to please you, and I'm sure the officers of any of his Majesty's ships would have done the same. I've belonged myself to the service, and have held the king's warrant, and I have had as good opportunities of judging of the character of a very large number of officers as any in the same station, and I must say, sir, in justice to them, though with all respect to you, Colonel Gauntlett, that a less interested and less money-loving set of men than they are, are not to be found in any profession.
human
Well, well, Mr Bowse, answered the colonel, seeing by the frown on the master's good-natured countenance that he was in earnest,
gpt
I did not want to hear a defence of the navy, but I should like to have your opinion as to when there is a probability of our enjoying a little quiet again, and whether we are likely to be molested by these reputed pirates after all.
human
I do not think, by the looks of it, that the gale will last as long as I at first supposed, said the master, at once appeased.
gpt
As for the matter of the pirates, no man can answer; I'm sure I can't.
human
Well, but what do you think, Mr Timmins?